Hustler Magazine v. Fallwell
The Supreme Court of the United States upheld First Amendment protections in this case focused on parody.
In Hustler Magazine, Inc., v. Fallwell, Hustler Magazine published a fake ad featuring a fake interview with fundamentalist preacher Jerry Fallwell. The fake interview included sexual statements. Hustler included a statement that the ad was fake and that the interview was parody. Fallwell sued. A majority of the court agreed that the First Amendment protected the magazine’s right to publish the parody, even if the fake ad and its contents were both egregious and offensive.
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