Reedy v. Lull Engineering Co.

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• 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\
• 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”
• 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]”
• defendants’ bawdy “spoof” and “ridicule” of Miss America pageant entitled to full range of first amendment protection
• defendants' bawdy \spoof\ and \ridicule\ of Miss America pageant entitled to full range of first amendment protection
• Oil spill which resulted from collision between tug and tanker barge on navigable waters is maritime tort.

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