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FALWELL v. FLYNT

Nos. 85-1417(L), 85-1480.

797 F.2d 1270 (1986)

Reverend Jerry FALWELL, Appellee, v. Larry C. FLYNT; Hustler Magazine, Inc., Appellants, and Flynt Distributing Company, Inc., Defendant. Reverend Jerry FALWELL, Appellant, v. Larry C. FLYNT, Hustler Magazine, Inc.; Flynt Distributing Company, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 5, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 4, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan L. Isaacman and David Carson (Cooper, Epstein & Hurewitz, Beverly Hills, Cal., Arthur P. Strickland, Strickland & Rogers, Roanoke, Va., on brief) for appellants/cross-appellees.

Norman Roy Grutman (Jewel H. Bjork, Jeffrey H. Daichman, Thomas V. Marino, Grutman, Miller, Greenspoon, Hendler & Levin, New York City, on brief), for appellee/cross-appellant.

Before HALL and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 4, 1986.*

CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:

This lawsuit arises out of an "ad parody" that appeared in the November 1983 and March 1984 issues of Hustler, which is published by defendants Larry Flynt and Hustler Magazine, Inc. (Hustler), and is distributed by defendant Flynt Distributing Company (FDC). The subject of this parody was the Reverend Jerry Falwell, a well-known pastor and...

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