Legal Opinion
Robyn Douglass, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Hustler Magazine, Inc., Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, and Augustin Gregory
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 22, 1985No. 84-2919, 84-2985PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Robyn Douglass, the actress and model, obtained $600,000 in damages in this diversity suit against the corporation that publishes Hustler magazine, for invasion of her right of privacy. 607 F.Supp. 816. Hustler (as we shall call the magazine and its publisher interchangeably) has appealed, raising questions of tort law, freedom of the press, and trial procedure; Douglass has cross-appealed, complaining about the judge’s action in reducing the punitive damages awarded by the jury.
Robyn Douglass moved to Chicago in 1974 and began a career as an actress and model. That year…
2Cases cited52 opinions
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Doran v. Salem Inn, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Time, Inc. v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Time, Inc. v. FirestoneSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by113 opinions
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- Energy Capital Corp. (As General Partner of Energy Capital Partners Limited Partnership) v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2002
- Leslie Fudge v. Penthouse International, Ltd., Leslie Fudge v. Penthouse International, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Dale S. Rice v. Nova Biomedical Corporation and Robert ChristopherCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
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