Legal Opinion

Andrea Dworkin Priscilla Moree Judith Fouts v. Hustler Magazine Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided January 24, 1989No. 87-6393PublishedCited by 469 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:

Andrea Dworkin is a prominent and outspoken feminist author and activist. She is a vocal advocate for the prohibition of pornography, and was one of the principal drafters of the ordinance against pornography enacted by the city of Indianapolis and struck down as unconstitutional. See American Booksellers Ass’n, Inc. v. Hudnut, 771 F.2d 323 (7th Cir.1985), aff'd mem., 475 U.S. 1001, 106 S.Ct. 1172, 89 L.Ed.2d 291 (1986). By her own admission, she is a public figure in this case. Hustler Magazine is a pornographic periodical. Much of its content consists of…

2Cases cited45 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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3Cited by469 opinions

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