MCDONALD v. SMITH

Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp. v. Hoeper is a landmark Supreme Court case at the intersection of defamation law and airline security reporting immunity.

Can government employees sue their employers for retaliation under the First Amendment when they petition the government on private matters.

Whether the conviction of a district attorney for criminal defamation under the Louisiana Criminal Defamation Statute violated the First Amendment.

Whether Alabama's libel laws unconstitutionally infringed on the First Amendment's freedom of speech and press protections.

Whether a Virginia barratry statute which banned the improper solicitation of any legal or professional business unconstitutionally burdened the First Amendment freedom of association rights of the petitioner and petitioners clients.

Whether the federal government had the authority under the Enforcement Act of 1870 to prosecute private individuals for conspiring to deprive African American citizens of their constitutional rights, specifically the right to peacefully assemble and bear arms.