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Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell (1988)

Definition from Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary

The U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court extended First Amendment free speech protections to those who make parodies of public figures, in this case fundamentalist Protestant minister Jerry Falwell.

Definition provided by Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary.

August 19, 2010, 5:27 pm