[89765] in Cypherpunks
Re: 1st Ammendment Tossed in Paladin Case
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lizard)
Tue Nov 11 17:10:52 1997
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 11:56:26 -0800
To: Greg Broiles <gbroiles@netbox.com>, Eric Cordian <emc@wire.insync.net>
From: Lizard <lizard@mrlizard.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net, fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19971111115651.03c9c8e0@mail.io.com>
Reply-To: Lizard <lizard@mrlizard.com>
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'.
