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SPENCE v. FLYNT

Nos. 89-17, 89-18.

816 P.2d 771 (1991)

Gerry L. SPENCE and the Spence Foundation for People's Attorneys, Inc., Appellants (Plaintiffs) Cross-Appellees, v. Larry FLYNT; Althea Flynt; L.F.P., Inc., a California corporation; Larry Flynt Publications; Hustler Magazine, Inc., a California corporation; Flynt Distributing Company, a California corporation; Flynt Subscription Company, a Nevada corporation; LFZ, Ltd., a B.W.I. corporation; Island Distributing, Inc., a B.W.I. corporation; David Kahn; Jim Goode, Doug Oliver; N. Morgen Hagen; Lonn M. Friend; Inland Empire Periodicals, an Oregon corporation; and Park Place Market, Inc., a Wyoming corporation, Appellees (Defendants) Cross-Appellants. Larry FLYNT; Althea Flynt; L.F.P., Inc., a California corporation; Larry Flynt Publications; Hustler Magazine, Inc., a California corporation; Flynt Distributing Company, a California corporation; Flynt Subscription Company, a Nevada corporation; LFZ, Ltd., a B.W.I. corporation; Island Distributing, Inc., a B.W.I. corporation; David Kahn; Jim Goode, Doug Oliver; N. Morgen Hagen; Lonn M. Friend; Inland Empire Periodicals, an Oregon corporation; and Park Place Market, Inc., a Wyoming corporation, Appellants (Defendants) Cross-Appellees. v. Gerry L. SPENCE and the Spence Foundation for People's Attorneys, Inc., Appellees (Plaintiffs) Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

Petition for Rehearing Denied September 16, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerry L. Spence and Gary L. Shockey, argued, of Spence, Moriarity & Schuster, Jackson, for appellants.

Alan L. Isaacman, argued, David O. Carson, and Kirk N. Sullivan of Cooper, Epstein & Hurewitz, Beverly Hills, Cal., and Paul Godfrey and George E. Powers of Godfrey and Sundahl, Cheyenne, for appellees.

Before CARDINE, C.J., and THOMAS, URBIGKIT, MACY and GOLDEN, JJ.

CARDINE, Justice.

Gerry Spence, appellant, undertook to represent Andrea Dworkin in her litigation against Hustler Magazine (Hustler). Because he undertook to represent this client, he was personally attacked by Hustler by being named "Asshole of the Month." Spence is a lawyer. Lawyers named "Asshole of the Month," such as Spence, are "vermin-infested turd dispensers," "parasitic scum-suckers," "shameless shitholes (whose main allegiance is to money) [who]...

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