Hustler magazine, inc. v. falwell (1988) - sustany/dvg GitHub Wiki

Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell, 485 U.S. 46, is a U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court extended First Amendment free speech protections to those who make parodies of public figures, in this case, fundamentalist pastor Jerry Falwell.

In this�case, Jerry Falwell (a public figure) sued Hustler Magazine, Inc. (the publishers of a parody) for libel, invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The Supreme Court held that the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution prohibited a public figure from recovering damages for the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress, by reason of a magazine's publication of a parody, without showing in addition that the publication contained a false statement of fact which was made with actual malice.

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