Legal Opinion
Jackie Collins Lerman v. Flynt Distributing Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 10, 1984No. 724, Docket 83-7735PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
Freedom of expression preserves all other liberties so inseparably that freedom of the press and a free society either prosper together or perish together. Yet, because of its enormous power, the contemporary press is under heavy attack because of a widely held perception that it uses its special First Amendment status as a license to invade individual privacy. This case illustrates the complexity of the concerns when these interests clash.
Defendant, a national distributor of magazines in which offensive material concerning plaintiff appeared, appeals from a judgment…
2Cases cited95 opinions
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- New York v. FerberSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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