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HUSTLER MAGAZINE, INC. v. MORAL MAJORITY, INC.

No. CV 84-6399 RG.

606 F.Supp. 1526 (1985)

HUSTLER MAGAZINE, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff, v. MORAL MAJORITY, INC., a District of Columbia corporation; Old Time Gospel Hour, a Virginia corporation; Jerry Falwell, an individual; and Does 1-20, inclusive, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California, Los Angeles Division.

April 23, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cooper, Epstein & Hurewitz, Beverly Hills, Cal., for plaintiff.

James E. Merriman, Pacific Palisades, Cal., for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING SUMMARY JUDGMENT

GADBOIS, District Judge.

This is an action for copyright infringement by Hustler magazine ("Hustler"), the pornographic publication perhaps known best for its controversial publisher, Larry Flynt. The defendants are some of the plaintiff's staunchest critics: the Reverend Jerry Falwell, the fundamentalist minister of national repute; the Moral Majority, a political lobbying group for conservative causes; and the...

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