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Majority Opinion
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Brennan, J. |
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Concurring Opinion
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Black, J. (concurring in the result), Douglas, J., & Clark, J. |
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Dissenting Opinion
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Harlan, 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 |
J. Joseph Nugent, Attorney General of Rhode Island
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| Briefs |
Irwin Karp for the Authors League of America, Inc. (for petitioner)
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| News |
"Book Blacklist Curbed," The New York Times, Feb. 15, 1961, p. 33
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"High Court Bars Book Censorship," The New York Times, Feb. 19, 1963, p. 7
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"State Book Censor Unit Goes Too Far, Court Says," The Washington Post, Feb. 19, 1963, Sect. A, p. 4
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| Other |
Chemerinsky, Erwin, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (3rd Ed.)(2006), pp. 984
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| Commentary |
"Purity by Intimidation," The Washington Post, Sept. 21, 1960, Sect. A, p. 16
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"Purity by Pressure," The Washington Post, Feb. 20, 1963, Sect. A, p. 16
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| Books |
Emerson, Thomas, THE SYSTEM OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION (1970), p. 514-515
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