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The respondent, Jerry Falwell, a nationally known minister and commentator of politics, filed a diversity action in Federal District Court against the petitioners, Hustler Magazine, Inc., a nationally circulated magazine and its publisher, to ....

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... of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan had to be met before Falwell could sue for emotional distress. However, because the jury decided that the ad didn't describe actual events, it was considered an opinion protected by the First Amendment. The court ruled that the issue was whether or not that opinion was outrageous enough to be considered an intentional infliction of emotional distress and awarded Falwell money. This case then went to the U.S. Supreme Court where they decided that because Falwell is a public figure for the purposes of the First Amendment law, he couldn't sue for intentional infliction of emotional distress by “ outrageo ...