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KEETON v. HUSTLER MAGAZINE, INC.

No. 82-485.

465 U.S. 770 (1984)

KEETON v. HUSTLER MAGAZINE, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 20, 1984

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Roy Grutman argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Jeffrey H. Daichman.

Stephen M. Shapiro, by invitation of the Court, 464 U.S. 958, argued the cause as amicus curiae in support of the judgment below. Lea Brilmayer, David Kahn, and Henry Monaghan filed a brief for respondents.*

JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner Kathy Keeton sued respondent Hustler Magazine, Inc., and other defendants in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, alleging jurisdiction over her libel complaint by reason of diversity of citizenship. The District Court dismissed her suit because it believed that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States...

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