Who authored the US Supreme Court's majority opinion in Hustler Magazine v Falwell?

Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell, 485 US 46 (1988)

Larry Flynt, publisher of Hustler Magazine, won the US Supreme Court case.

The jury in US District Court made an error in awarding Falwell damages for intentional infliction of emotional distress after finding Flynt and Hustler not guilty of libel. The Supreme Court held that a public figure can't collect monetary damages on the basis intentional infliction of emotional distress alone. The concept of "actual malice," established in New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 US 254 (1964), is inapplicable to opinion or parody.

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