What is the Noerr-Pennington Doctrine and What Does It Have to Do with Section 1983?
The Noerr-Pennington Doctine and Section 1983 Under the Noerr-Pennington doctrine, which is informed by the First Amendment’s Petition Clause, “parties who petition the government for governmental action favorable to them cannot be prosecuted under the antitrust laws even though their petitions are motivated by anticompetitive intent.” Video Intern. Production, Inc. v. Warner-Amex Cable Communications, Inc., […]…