U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Crosby v. Twitter, Inc.
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Senior Judge Julia Smith Gibbons
- Judge Gilbert Stroud Merritt Jr.
- Judge John Baylor Nalbandian
Case history
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April 16, 2019decided Decision issued in Crosby v. Twitter, Inc.
Opinions and writings
NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judge. This case follows the tragic mass shooting at the Pulse Night Club in Orlando, Florida. In June 2016, Omar Mateen entered the club and opened fire, killing forty-nine people and injuring another fifty-three. Many victims and family members of deceased victims brought this lawsuit seeking damages for their senseless losses. But they did not sue Mateen, the lone terrorist responsible for the …