Constitutional Law,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Oct. 21, 2024
Disney must face suit by actress fired for tweets, judge rules
Disney lost its motion to refer a question about companies' First Amendment rights to the appellate court in a case where an actress was fired for tweets the studio disapproved of.
Disney and its Star Wars production company must face wrongful termination and sex discrimination claims by actress Gina Carano after a federal judge in Los Angeles shut down the studios' First Amendment defense.
Carano claimed that Disney and Lucasfilm Ltd. targeted her political comments on social media to wrongfully fire her from the third season of "The Mandalorian."
The companies argued it had a First Amendment right to do so to disassociate their brand...
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