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1997-11-11 - Re: 1st Ammendment Tossed in Paladin Case

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From: Lizard <lizard@mrlizard.com>
To: Greg Broiles <emc@wire.insync.net>
Message Hash: f602dee240d2207ab757e77b4000d52606cfabcdc5db9f394b7868fa9422fca1
Message ID: <3.0.1.32.19971111115626.00cf2150@dnai.com>
Reply To: <199711111642.KAA20562@wire.insync.net>
UTC Datetime: 1997-11-11 20:14:43 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 04:14:43 +0800

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From: Lizard <lizard@mrlizard.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 04:14:43 +0800
To: Greg Broiles <emc@wire.insync.net>
Subject: Re: 1st Ammendment Tossed in Paladin Case
In-Reply-To: <199711111642.KAA20562@wire.insync.net>
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At 11:56 AM 11/11/97 -0800, Greg Broiles wrote:
>>RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Ruling that the right to a free press doesn't
>>cover a how-to-kill book, a federal appeals panel said the families
>>of a hired killer's victims may sue the publisher of a book that he
>>consulted.
>> 
>>A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied
>>First Amendment protection to ``Hit Man: A Technical Manual for
>>Independent Contractors,'' saying publisher Paladin Press knew it
>>would be used by murderers.
>
>The decision is online in an incredibly difficult-to-read layout at:
>
><http://www.law.emory.edu/4circuit/nov97/962412.p.html>
>
So this is a reversal of the earlier decision? Looks like this is heading
for the SC...I think the SC will uphold the right to publish it, as this
book in no way falls into the category of 'imminent incitement'.

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