National Rifle Association of America, Petitioner v. Maria T. Vullo

  1. March 18, 2024

    Justices Tilt Toward NRA In Free Speech Row With Regulator

    A cautious U.S. Supreme Court seemed poised Monday to rule in favor of the National Rifle Association in a case over allegations that a former New York state official pressured financial institutions to cut ties to the National Rifle Association in violation of its free speech rights.

  2. March 16, 2024

    Up Next At High Court: Gov't Jawboning & Retaliatory Arrests

    The U.S. Supreme Court has a packed oral arguments calendar this week that includes disputes over the Biden administration's work with social media companies to combat misinformation, the appropriate evidence standard for bringing retaliatory arrest claims and whether the federal government can object to a consent decree entered into by three states.

  3. March 14, 2024

    Justices To Weigh Free Speech, Gov't Oversight In NRA Row

    The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments next week over whether a former New York state official illegally pressured financial institutions to cut ties to the National Rifle Association, setting up a showdown between free speech rights and regulatory oversight.

  4. March 04, 2024

    States, Scholars Back Ex-NY Official In NRA Free Speech Suit

    States, scholars and public officials have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the National Rifle Association's contention that a former New York state official violated the group's First Amendment rights.

  5. February 21, 2024

    Justices Told NRA Speech Claim Would Thwart Regulation

    The ex-head of New York's financial regulator has told the U.S. Supreme Court her statements advising companies to consider their relationships with the National Rifle Association following the 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, didn't violate the First Amendment, rejecting the NRA's position that the statements were a "veiled threat."

  6. January 17, 2024

    Feds Ask Justices For Narrow Ruling In NRA Case

    The federal government filed an amicus brief in a First Amendment dispute between the National Rifle Association and a former New York state official, urging Supreme Court justices to reject some of the gun rights group's broader arguments because they raise "harder questions."

  7. January 10, 2024

    2nd Circ. Inverted Pleading Standards, NRA Tells Justices

    The National Rifle Association of America urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a finding that a former New York state official's statements advising NRA-affiliated businesses to assess their reputational risks did not violate the association's constitutional rights, saying the Second Circuit inverted pleading standards.

  8. November 03, 2023

    Justices To Review Ex-NY Official's NRA Remarks

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review the National Rifle Association's appeal of a Second Circuit ruling tossing its lawsuit that accused a former New York official of violating the gun group's constitutional rights by warning insurers to consider the potential reputational harm associated with offering coverage for NRA programs.

  9. June 26, 2023

    Ex-NY Official Says NRA Remarks Didn't Defy 1st Amendment

    The former head of New York's financial regulator urged the U.S. Supreme Court to decline hearing the National Rifle Association's claims that her recommendation to banks and insurers to stop doing business with the group violated its free speech rights.

  10. April 06, 2023

    18 States Want High Court To Take NRA Blacklisting Suit

    Montana and 17 other states are lining up behind the National Rifle Association at the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the justices to take up the gun group's appeal arguing that a probe into NRA-affiliated insurers and statements from a former New York official about the reputational harm of associating with the group violated its constitutional rights.