Ruling Reversed In Free Speech Suit Arising From NRA-Endorsed Insurance Program

Mealey's (September 23, 2022, 2:09 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 22 held that the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) failed to plausibly assert that the former superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services unconstitutionally threatened or coerced an insurer or other entities to stifle its speech, reversing a lower federal court’s refusal to dismiss the NRA’s free speech claims in its lawsuit arising from the investigation of three insurers that partnered with it to provide coverage for losses stemming from the use of guns....