John Mclaughlin v. Alex Watson

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• explaining that “there must be sufficient precedent at the time of action, factually similar to the plaintiff’s allegations, to put defendant on notice that his or her conduct is constitutionally prohibited”
• noting that this category includes defamatory statements
• “It is not enough that defendant speaks critically of plaintiff or even that defendant directly urges or influences the third party to take adverse action. Rather, defendant must “threaten” or “coerce” the third party to act”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).