1975 hustler magazine covers3/31/2024 In an 8–0 decision, the Court ruled in favor of Hustler magazine, holding that a parody ad published in the magazine depicting televangelist and political commentator Jerry Falwell Sr. 46 (1988), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court ruling that the First and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit public figures from recovering damages for the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED), if the emotional distress was caused by a caricature, parody, or satire of the public figure that a reasonable person would not have interpreted as factual. Kennedy took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. Rehnquist, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed.Ĭhief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices William J. Parodies of public figures which could not reasonably be taken as true are protected against civil liability by the First Amendment, even if intended to cause emotional distress.
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