Legal Opinion
Spence v. Flynt
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided August 8, 1991No. 89-17, 89-18PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDINE, Justice.
Gerry Spence, appellant, undertook to represent Andrea Dworkin in her litigation against Hustler Magazine (Hustler). Because he undertook to represent this client, he was personally attacked by Hustler by being named “Asshole of the Month.” Spence is a lawyer. Lawyers named “Asshole of the Month,” such as Spence, are “vermin-infested turd dispensers,” “parasitic scum-suckers,” “shameless shitholes (whose main allegiance is to money) [who] are eager to sell out their personal values, truth, justice .and our hard-won freedoms for a chance to fatten their wallets.” Spence, a…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
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3Cited by19 opinions
- McCone v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1993
- Dworkin v. L.F.P., Inc.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1992
- Hinerman v. Daily Gazette Co., Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1992
- Harter v. University of IndianapolisDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 1998
- Bowen v. SmithWyoming Supreme Court · 1992
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