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Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
Argued December 2, 1987
Decided February 24, 1988
Full case nameHustler Magazine and Larry C. Flynt, Petitioners v. Jerry Falwell
Citations485 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
ArgumentOral argument
Case history
PriorJudgment 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)
SubsequentNone
Holding
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.
Court membership
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
Case opinions
MajorityRehnquist, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia
ConcurrenceWhite
Kennedy took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
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

Satire as political expression

Freedom of speech caselaw

Campari ad parody

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Lower court history

District Court

United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia...

Court of Appeals

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit...

U.S. Supreme Court

Acceptance and briefs

Argument

Opinion of the Court

Majority

Concurrence

Reaction

Analysis

Dramatization

The People vs. Larry Flynt ...

Impact

Law reviews and journals

Subsequent developments

See also

Caselaw
  • New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964) — "actual malice" standard for press reporting about public figure to be libel.
  • Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U.S. 323 (1974) — opinion is not libel; "actual malice" not necessary for defamation of private person if negligence is present.

References

Further reading

  • 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. {{cite book}}: |editor= has generic name (help)
  • 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.


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