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FALWELL v. PENTHOUSE INTERN., LTD.

Civ. A. No. 81-0023(L).

521 F.Supp. 1204 (1981)

Reverend Jerry FALWELL, Plaintiff, v. PENTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL, LTD., Curtis Circulation Company, Andrew Duncan and Sasthi Brata, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Virginia, Lynchburg Division.

August 6, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Phillips, Kizer, Phillips & Petty, Lynchburg, Va., for plaintiff.

Norman Roy Grutman, Jeffrey H. Daichman, Grutman, Schafrann & Miller, New York City, Alexander W. Bell, Bell, Coward, Morrison & Spies, Lynchburg, Va., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

TURK, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, Reverend Jerry Falwell is an evangelical fundamentalist minister whose activities, including broadcasting, are centered in Lynchburg, Virginia. Plaintiff's weekly sermons are heard nationwide and in Canada and the Caribbean, by millions of people. His activities are funded largely by contributions received from viewers and listeners.

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