Marcello v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

Marcello v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Marcello v. Immigration & Naturalization Serv., 462 U.S. 1132 (1983)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: June 20, 1983
Docket: No. 82-1639
Citations: 462 U.S. 1132103 S. Ct. 311277 L. Ed. 2d 136751 U.S.L.W. 39021983 U.S. LEXIS 621

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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.

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Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 9 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.

(finding that the imputation that the plaintiff had committed sexual acts on stage at the Miss America Pageant could not support a libel action when the writing in which the statement appeared was clearly a “fantasy”)

Bertell Ollman v. Rowland Evans, 750 F.2d 970 (D.C. Cir. 1984)
(overturning a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff where all witnesses testified that magazine story “could not possibly be about [the plaintiff] as she would not do [the acts alleged in the story]”)

Ilse Koch v. Goldway, 817 F.2d 507 (9th Cir. 1987)
(defendants’ bawdy “spoof” and “ridicule” of Miss America pageant entitled to full range of first amendment protection)

L.L. Bean, Inc. v. Drake Publishers, Inc., 811 F.2d 26 (1st Cir. 1987)
(Oil spill which resulted from collision between tug and tanker barge on navigable waters is maritime tort.)

In re the Exxon Valdez, 767 F. Supp. 1509 (D. Alaska 1991)
(in fictional account false statement of facts constitutionally protected as "obviously a complete fantasy")

Bertell Ollman v. Rowland Evans, 750 F.2d 970 (D.C. Cir. 1984)
(held First Amendment considerations applicable to defamation also apply to torts of “false light” and “outrageous conduct”)

Henderson v. Times Mirror Co., 669 F. Supp. 356 (D. Colo. 1987)

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Fidelis Osuchukwu v. Immigration & Naturalization Service744 F.2d 1136 (5th Cir. 1984)
Bertell Ollman v. Rowland Evans, Robert Novak750 F.2d 970 (D.C. Cir. 1984)
Abel Osarentine Oviawe v. Immigration and Naturalization Service853 F.2d 1428 (7th Cir. 1988)
Andrea Dworkin Priscilla Moree Judith Fouts v. Hustler Magazine Inc.867 F.2d 1188 (9th Cir. 1989)
United States v. Joe S. Duncan and Michael M. Downing850 F.2d 1104 (6th Cir. 1988)
New Times, Inc. v. Isaacks146 S.W.3d 144 (Tex. 2004)

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