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Friday, February 26, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Flynt ruling no surprise to profs
Kansan staff writer
By Kim Lightle
The Supreme Court decision Wednesday overturning evangelist Jerry Falwell's $200,000 award from Hustler magazine and its publisher Larry Flynt for a cartoon parody did not surprise KU professors versed in law and art.
On Wednesday, the high court said that public figures could not sue for damages on the basis of emotional distress when they were the subject
of satire or editorial opinion.
The unanimous decision in favor of Flynt was an indication that the issue was not very difficult to decide, said William Westerbeke, professor of law.
Westerbeke said that the case was significant because it would block public figures from suing for emotional stress no matter how outrageous that satirical material was.
Ted Frederickson, an associate
professor of journalism who teaches media law, said Falwell had tried to sue Flynt for defamation of character and libel after he printed a cartoon depicting Falwell discussing an alleged sexual encounter with his mother. When Falwell's suits for libel and defamation of character failed, he sued Flynt for emotional stress.
It would have been disastrous if the decision wasn't overturned, Frederickson said. It would have opened the
way for public officals to sue editorial writers such as Mike Royko of the Chicago Tribune and editorial cartoonists such as Lee Judge of the Kansas City Times.
Tom Allen, Hallmark professor of design and an illustrator, said that he wasn't surprised by the outcome of the case.
"The issue falls under the First Amendment, and the court is bound to protect the Constitution," he said.
KU is host of regional moot court competition
By Dayana Yochim
Kansan staff writer
The regional competition for the 1988 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition starts today at the University of Kansas.
The winning team will go on to the national competition later in the spring in Washington, D.C.
The final round is the only competition open to the public.
Seventeen Midwestern law schools will participate in the competition, which begins at 10 a.m. The final round will take place at 2:30 p.m., Saturday in the Green Hall courtroom.
Richard Levy, associate professor of law, said that teams of up to five people would compete.
About 50 area lawyers, including some School of Law alumni, will judge the competition, Levy said.
the case the teams will argue deals with an international terrorist incident and with jurisdiction in international disputes. Each team will compete in four rounds.
of law, their ability to respond to questions from the bench and their knowledge of facts."
"The students will be judged on their oral advocacy skills," Levy said. "They will be judged on their persuasive ability to argue for certain rules
Lawson, wow, porja, porja. (KU) team's long-time participant in the Jesup competition," he said. "In the past, two (KU) teams have won the international competition, one in 1977, and the other in 1983."
Levy said that the school had participated in the competition since 1973 but that this was the first time it had been the host for the regional
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