Lindke v. Freed, Docket No. 22-611

The Supreme Court held that a public official's social media activity constitutes state action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 only if the official (1) possessed actual authority to speak on the State's behalf on a particular matter, and (2) purported to exercise that authority when speaking in the relevant social media posts. The Court vacated the judgment of the Sixth Circuit and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. Find this and other U.S. Supreme Court Opinions at https://9robes.ai