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CELLE v. FILIPINO REPORTER ENTERPRISES INC.

No. 1601, Docket No. 98-9250.

209 F.3d 163 (2000)

Lino CELLE and Radio Mindanao Network USA, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. FILIPINO REPORTER ENTERPRISES INC. and Libertito Pelayo, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 12, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judah D. Greenblatt, New York, N.Y. (Greenblatt, Softness & Lesser, LLP, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Michael D. Carlin, New York, N.Y. for Defendants-Appellants.

Before: JACOBS and STRAUB, Circuit Judges, and WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.

Judge Jacobs dissents in a separate opinion.

WEINSTEIN, District Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

This case illustrates the continuing difficulty in balancing protection of reputation and freedom to publish. See U.S. Const. amend. 1. The scale is calibrated by a combination of state libel law and federal First Amendment doctrine. See, e.g., Hustler Magazine v. Falwell, 485 U.S. 46

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