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Majority Opinion
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Frankfurter, J. |
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Concurring Opinion
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Black, J. |
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Lower Court
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District Court for the District of Columbia (3-judge court) |
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Lower Court Ruling
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First Amendment claim denied |
| Lawyers |
Edmund E. Shepherd, Solicitor General of Michigan
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| Briefs |
Erwin B. Ellmann for the Metropolitan Detroit Branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (for petitioner)
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Horace S. Manges for the American Book Publishers Council. Inc. (for petitioner)
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John Ben Shepperd, Attorney General, and Philip Sanders, Assistant Attorney General, for the State of Texas (for respondent)
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Osmond K. Fraenkel for the Authors League of America, Inc. (for petitioner)
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| News |
"Book Suit in High Court," The New York Times, Oct. 17, 1956, p. 33
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"Court to Review Book Ban," The New York Times, Feb. 28, 1956, p. 11
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"High Court Upsets Ban on 'Rugged' Writing," The Washington Post, Feb. 26, 1957, Sect. A, p. 1
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"High Court Voids Obscene-Book Act," The New York Times, Feb. 26, 1957, p. 1
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Dodd, Philip, "Michigan Law on Obscenity Struck Down," The Chicago Daily Tribune, Feb. 26 1957, p. 21
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Schuchat, Theodor, "Clear-Cut Test of Obscenity Laws Possible," The Washington Post, April 21, 1957, Sect. E, p. 3
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| Commentary |
"Michigan Quarantine," The Washington Post, Feb. 27, 1957, Sect. A, p. 12
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| Books |
Emerson, Thomas, THE SYSTEM OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION (1970), pp. 471, 482, 502
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