Legal Opinion
Tarla Makaeff v. Trump University, Llc
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 17, 2013No. 11-55016PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge WARDLAW; Concurrence by Chief Judge KOZINSKI; Concurrence by Judge PAEZ.
OPINION
WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:
No one would deny that Donald Trump, the real estate magnate, television personality, author, and erstwhile presidential candidate, cuts a celebrated, if controversial, public figure. We must decide whether Trump University, LLC, a private, for-profit entity purporting to teach Trump’s “insider success secrets,” is itself a public or limited public figure so as to implicate the First Amendment. Disgruntled former customer Tarla Makaeff sued Trump University for, among other…
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