Hustler Magazine v. Falwell

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate 1987-12-02
gptkbp:citation 485 U.S. 46
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:Byron_White
gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Lewis_Powell
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date 1988-02-24
gptkbp:decision Unanimous
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Larry_Flynt
gptkb:Hustler_Magazine,_Inc.
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Hustler_Magazine,_Inc._v._Falwell
gptkbp:hasKeyword emotional distress
public figure
satire
defamation
gptkbp:heldBy Public figures cannot recover for intentional infliction of emotional distress without showing that the publication contained a false statement of fact made with actual malice.
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Falwell_v._Flynt,_797_F.2d_1270_(4th_Cir._1986)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
gptkbp:impact Strengthened First Amendment protections for parody and satire.
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:lowerAward gptkb:United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Fourth_Circuit
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:William_Rehnquist
gptkbp:petitioner gptkb:Hustler_Magazine,_Inc.
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Jerry_Falwell
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:New_York_Times_Co._v._Sullivan
gptkb:Gertz_v._Robert_Welch,_Inc.
gptkbp:response gptkb:Jerry_Falwell
gptkbp:result Reversed
gptkbp:subject gptkb:First_Amendment
Freedom of speech
Parody
gptkbp:subsequentHistory nan
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:First_Amendment
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5