FLYNT v. LOMBARDI

Nos. 14-1187, 14-1202.

782 F.3d 963 (2015)

Larry C. FLYNT, Movant-Appellant David ZINK; Michael S. Worthington; John E. Winfield; Michael Anthony Taylor; Leon Taylor; Walter T. Storey; Herbert Smulls; William L. Rousan; Earl Ringo, Jr.; Roderick Nunley; Allen L. Nicklasson; John C. Middleton; Paul T. Goodwin; Joseph Franklin; Jeffrey R. Ferguson; Andre Cole; Reginald Clemons; Cecil Clayton; Mark Christeson; Russell Bucklew; David Barnett, Plaintiffs v. George A. LOMBARDI; David R. Dormire; Terry Russell; John Does, 2-40, Defendants-Appellees Public Citizen, Inc.; Missouri Press Association; Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Advance Publications Inc.; American Society of News Editors; Association of Alternative Newsmedia; Courthouse News Service; The E.W. Scripps Company; First Amendment Coalition; The McClatchy Company; MediaNews Group, Inc., doing business as Digital First Media; National Press Photographers Association; New York Times Company; Newspaper Association of America; Politico LLC; The Washington Post, Amici on Behalf of Appellant(s). Larry C. Flynt, Movant-Appellant Earl Ringo, Jr.; John C. Middleton; Russell Bucklew; John E. Winfield; Dennis Skillicorn; Leon Taylor; Roderick Nunley; Jeffrey R. Ferguson; Richard D. Clay; Allen L. Nicklasson; Joseph Franklin; Martin Link; Mark Christeson; William L. Rousan; David Barnett; Cecil Clayton; Michael Anthony Taylor; Herbert Smulls, Plaintiffs v. Public Citizen, Inc.; Missouri Press Association; Advance Publications Inc.; American Society of News Editors; Association of Alternative Newsmedia; Courthouse News Service; The E.W. Scripps Company; First Amendment Coalition; The McClatchy Company; MediaNews Group, Inc., doing business as Digital First Media; National Press Photographers Association; New York Times Company; Newspaper Association of America; POLITICO LLC; Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; The Washington Post Company, Amici on Behalf of Appellant(s).

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 7, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony E. Rothert , American Civil Liberties Union of Mo. Foundation, St. Louis, MO, argued ( Grant R. Doty , St. Louis, Gillian R. Wilcox , Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellant.

Benjamin A. Lipman , Lewis Rice LLC, St. Louis, MO, argued ( Bruce D. Brown , Gregg P. Leslie , Emily R. Grannis , The Reporter Committee for Freedom of the Press, Arlington, VA, on the brief), for amici curiae Advance Publications Inc., American Society of News Editors, Association of Alternative Newsmedia, Courthouse News Service, First Amendment Coalition, MediaNews Group, National Press Photographers Association, New York Times Company, Newspaper Association of America, POLITICO LLC, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, The E.W. Scripps Company, The McClatchy Company and The Washington Post, in support of appellant.

Jean Maneke , The Maneke Law Group, L.C., Kansas City, MO, Scott Michelman , Paul Alan Levy , Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, for amici curiae Public Citizens, Inc. and Missouri Press Association, in support of appellant.

Gregory M. Goodwin , Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, argued ( Chris Koster , Atty. Gen., on the brief), for appellees.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, BEAM and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.


[Published]

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