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PLANET AID, INC. v. REVEAL

No. 21-15690.

44 F.4th 918 (2022)

PLANET AID, INC., a Massachusetts Corporation which has its principal place of business in Howard County, Maryland; Lisbeth Thomsen, an alien and permanent resident of Chilangoma, Malawi, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. REVEAL; Center for Investigative Reporting; Matt Smith; Amy Walters, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 11, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Rosenthal (argued), Nelson Mullins LLP, Washington, D.C.; James M. Wagstaffe and Michael von Loewenfeldt , Wagstaffe von Loewenfeldt Busch & Radwick LLP, San Francisco, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Thomas R. Burke (argued), Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, San Francisco, California; Ambike K. Doran , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, Washington; Brendan Charney and Andrew G. Row , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Los Angeles, California; Simon J. Frankel , Alexa Hansen , Alison Wall , Annie Shi , and Miriam Arghavani , Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco, California; Eric Chung , Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellees.

Deborah J. Dewart , Hubert, North Carolina, for Amicus Curiae Liberty, Life, and Law Foundation.

Elizabeth M. Locke , Joseph R. Oliveri , and Daniel D. Mauler , Clare Locke LLP, Alexandria, Virginia, for Amicus Curiae Clare Locke LLP.

Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. and Michael H. Dore , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California; Katie Townsend , Sarah S. Matthews , and Charles Hogle , Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 32 Media Organizations.

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Ronald M. Gould, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

In this appeal we must determine whether a charity and the director of a charity are limited-purpose public figures under the First Amendment. Reporters with the Center for Investigative Reporting published stories alleging misuse of funds by two charitable organizations, Planet Aid, Inc. ("Planet Aid...

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