Legal Opinion
Dworkin v. L.F.P., Inc.
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided September 18, 1992No. 89-15, 89-16PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDEN, Justice.
In this appeal a public-figure plaintiff who is an outspoken opponent of pornography seeks reversal of the summary judgment entered against her in her defamation action against certain media defendants.1 She filed her defamation action because statements concerning her appeared in an article published in the July, 1985 issue of Hustler magazine. That article was recently before us in Spence v. Flynt, 816 P.2d 771 (Wyo.1991), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 112 S.Ct. 1668, 118 L.Ed.2d 388 (1992).
With the issues raised here we must explore the meaning of the free speech/libel provision…
2Cases cited50 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
- Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Nazeri v. Missouri Valley CollegeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1993
- Wilson v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1994
- Vasquez v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1999
- Campbell v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2004
- McBride v. Peak Wellness Center, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2012
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