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The Supreme Court's Theory Of Private Law, Nathan B. Oman, Jason M. Solomon
The Supreme Court's Theory Of Private Law, Nathan B. Oman, Jason M. Solomon
Nathan B. Oman
In this Article, we revisit the clash between private law and the First Amendment in the Supreme Court’s recent case, Snyder v. Phelps, using a private-law lens. We are scholars who write about private law as individual justice, a perspective that has been lost in recent years but is currently enjoying something of a revival.
Our argument is that the Supreme Court’s theory of private law has led it down a path that has distorted its doctrine in several areas, including the First Amendment–tort clash in Snyder. In areas that range from punitive damages to preemption, the Supreme Court has …