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PENTHOUSE INTERN., LTD. v. McAULIFFE

Nos. 77-2951, 78-2794.

610 F.2d 1353 (1980)

PENTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hinson McAULIFFE, etc., Defendant-Appellant. HUSTLER MAGAZINE, INC., etc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hinson McAULIFFE, etc., Defendant-Appellant. HIGH SOCIETY MAGAZINE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hinson McAULIFFE, etc., Defendant-Appellant. EASTWAY ENTERPRISES, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hinson McAULIFFE, etc., Defendant-Appellant. MONTCALM PUBLISHING CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hinson McAULIFFE, etc., Defendant-Appellant. PENTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hinson McAULIFFE, Individually and as Solicitor General of the County of Fulton, State of Georgia, Defendant-Appellant. PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hinson McAULIFFE, Individually and as Solicitor General for the County of Fulton, State of Georgia, Defendant-Appellant. PLAYBOY PUBLICATIONS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hinson McAULIFFE, Individually and as Solicitor General for the County of Fulton, State of Georgia, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 6, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry E. Parrish, Memphis, Tenn., for defendant-appellant.

Herald Price Fahringer, Paul J. Cambria, Jr., Barbara J. Davies, Buffalo, N. Y., for plaintiff-appellee.

Carl Ruderman, pro se, for High Soc. Magazine, Eastway Enterprises, Ltd. and Montcalm Publishing Corp.

Gambrell & Mobley, James L. Paul, Katharine C. Robey, Atlanta, Ga., Grutman & Schafrann, Norman R. Grutman, New York City, for Penthouse Intern., Ltd.

Smith, Cohen, Ringel, Kohler & Martin, Warren C. Fortson, David K. Whatley, Atlanta, Ga., Devoe, Shadur & Krupp, Neil H. Adelman, Chicago, Ill., for Playboy Enterprises, Inc. and Playboy Publications, Inc.

Michael A. Bamberger, New York City, for American Booksellers Assoc., Inc., The Assoc. of American Publishers Inc., et al., amici curiae.

Before THORNBERRY, CHARLES CLARK and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

Penthouse International, Ltd. (Penthouse) and Hustler Magazine, Inc. (Hustler) separately filed complaints for declaratory and preliminary as well as permanent injunctive relief on July 29, 1977. Similar complaints were filed on August 2, 1977, by High Society Magazine, Inc. (High Society) and on August 4, 1977 by Eastway Enterprises Ltd. (Eros) and Montcalm Publishing Corporation (Gallery).1 These parties sought...

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