Case Status: Victory

Lyle v. Warner Brothers Television Production

  • State Courts

CIR filed an amicus brief urging California Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that discussion of sexual themes in writers’ meetings for the television show ‘Friends’ created a hostile work environment and is not protected by the First Amendment.

Updates on this case

What would Rachel say?
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Aug 2004

What would Rachel say?

Commentary By Harvey A. Silverglate The Wall Street Journal, August 4, 2004 Free speech "paranoids" have long warned that sexual harassment law…

State's high court hears from 'Friends'
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Jun 2004

State's high court hears from 'Friends'

Harassment charge from production days puts free speech at issue By Joyce Howard Price Washington Times, June 22, 2004 Free-speech groups want…