Nicolas Estiverne v. Louisiana State Bar Association

KING, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Nicolas Estiverne (“Estiverne”) brought this suit against the Louisiana Bar Association (“Bar Association”) after the Committee on Professional Responsibility published in the Louisiana Bar Journal (“Bar Journal ”) a report on disciplinary proceedings against Estiverne. Estiverne sued the Bar Association claiming first that the report was defamatory, and second, that his first amendment, equal protection, and due process rights were violated by the Bar Journal’s refusal to allow him to purchase space in which to “give his side of the story.”

Defendant-app…