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1988 United States Supreme Court case
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell Full case name Hustler Magazine and Larry C. Flynt, Petitioners v. Jerry Falwell Citations 485 U.S. 46 (more 108 S. Ct. 876; 99 L. Ed. 2d 41; 1988 U.S. LEXIS 941; 56 U.S.L.W. 4180; 14 Media L. Rep. 2281
Argument Oral argument Prior Judgment for plaintiff, W.D. Va. ; affirmed, 797 F.2d 1270 (4th Cir. 1986); rehearing denied, 4th Cir., 11-4-86; cert. granted, 480 U.S. 945 (1987) Subsequent None Parodies of public figures which could not reasonably be taken as true are protected against civil liability by the First Amendment, even if intended to cause emotional distress. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed.
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Majority Rehnquist, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia Concurrence White Kennedy took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. U.S. Const. amend. I
Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell 485 U.S. 46 (1988) is a unanimous decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that held ...
Background [ edit ] Satire as political expression [ edit ] Freedom of speech caselaw [ edit ] Campari ad parody [ edit ] thumb|left|Hustler parody
Lower court history [ edit ] District Court [ edit ] United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia ...
Court of Appeals [ edit ] United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ...
U.S. Supreme Court [ edit ] Acceptance and briefs [ edit ] Argument [ edit ] Opinion of the Court [ edit ] Majority [ edit ] Concurrence [ edit ] Reaction [ edit ] Analysis [ edit ] In popular culture [ edit ] Dramatization [ edit ] The People vs. Larry Flynt
Law reviews and journals [ edit ] Subsequent developments [ edit ] See also [ edit ] Caselaw New York Times Co. v. Sullivan Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. References [ edit ]
Further reading [ edit ] Brewer, Edward C. (2003). "Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell". In Parker, Richard A. (ed.) (ed.). Free Speech on Trial: Communication Perspectives on Landmark Supreme Court Decisions . Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press. pp. 264–280. ISBN 0-8173-1301-X Fish, Stanley (1994). "Jerry Falwell's Mother". There's No Such Thing as Free Speech, and It's a Good Thing, Too . Oxford University Press.External links [ edit ]
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