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Show - Page $74 Average Sta'e Taxes: - it state (UPI) per average Thursday, March 22, Ruling Effects (Libel TTPn tu. uc Supreme Court has revived a $20 million libel suit against the National Enquirer by actress Jones in a ruling that willShirley allow similar actions to be filed anywhere in the nation. "It's about time. To me it is a very healthy decision, with no more hiding out of state for these public-figur- e assasins," said Miss Jones husLcnd, producer Marty Ingels. The justices ruled animously Tuesday that Miss Jone could WASHINGTON pursue her California lawsuit against a reporter and editor of the weekly tabloid even though they live in Florida, where the newspaper is published. In a second unanimous ruling, the court restored an $80 million suit against Hustler magazine by a female official of rival magazine Penthouse. Water: West Has Too Much Or Too Little - The rulinffs. authored bv Justin- William Rehnquist, said any publication can expect to be sued Far-Reachi- na 9, 1979, Enquirer article that said Ingels had "terrorized his staff, cheated stars, outraged advertisers and scandalized Hollywood" and that Miss Jones "has been driven to drink by his bizarre from Los Angeles, "I think it is going to be very helpful to some other celebrities waiting to follow in our footsteps," Miss Jones said from Los Angeles. The libel rulings were a blow to publishers and broadcasters who argued that subjecting them to lawsuits in faraway states would lead to costly legal fees and possibly crippling damage awards. In the case against the Enquirer, Rehnquist said the tab THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, behavior." Ian Calder, editor and president Enquirer, and John South, who wrote the article, were named as defendants. They live in Florida and argued unsuccessfully they had no personal contacts in California. The court found the men had sufficient contact with the state because the tabloid's largest circulation is in California. of the The ruling in the Hustler 9-- 0 case allows Penthouse executive Kathy Keeton to pursue her libel case in New Hampshire, which is the last state that can still consider her claims. Her suit against Hustler Publisher Larry Flynt arises from a 1976 Hustler cartoon she claims accuses her common-lahusband, Penthouse publisher Robert Guccione, of infecting her with venereal disease. Hustler argued that it should, not be forced to defend itself in court in New Hampshire especially since Flynt lives in California, and Miss Keeton is based in New York. But Rehnquist said that because Hustler "has continuously and deliberately exploited the New Hampshire market, it must reasonably anticipate being hauled into court there in a libel action- provide the most revenues to states, almost $54 billion. Individual income taxes were the No. 2 source of revenue and provided increase of 9 percent. But taxes paid by corporations, the third largest source of $46 billion, an the Census Bureau said state taxes increased just 5 4 percent last year, the lowest rise in 25 w revenue, fell $13 Eight states collected more than half of all state tax revenues, the bureau said. They are California $22.3 billion, New York billion, Texas $16.2 $9 billion, Pennsylvania $8.4 billion, Illinois $7.4 billion, Michigan $7 billion, Ohio $6.7 billion and Florida $6.1 billion. South Dakota collected the lowest amount of state taxes, $324 million, followed by New Hampshire with $329 million. The average - percent to 6 billion, the bureau said. years. Total state tax revenues were $171 billion in fiscal 1983, compared with $162 billion a year earlier. The bureau said the 5.4 percent increase was the lowest since 1958, when revenues rose 2.7 percent. taxes paid 17 income tax with no was $345 person. Sales taxes, up 6.5 percent between 1982 and 1983, continued to The American paid $740 in state taxes in 1983, the Census Bureau says, but with a total taxstates tab of $171 billion payers had a smaller increase than they've had in a quarter century. In a survey released Tuesday, WASHINGTON loid's employees "wrote ... and edited an article that they knew' would have a potentially devastating impact upon" Miss Jones in California, where she lives and works. The suit was filed after an Oct. "wherever a substantial number of copies are regularly sold and distributed." "It's a healthy thing that they (reporters and editors) now know that their own carcass is on the line when they do their writing and fact gathering," Ingels said 1984 amount of state by each person nation- wide was $740, but there were wide variations among states. 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