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BANTAM BOOKS, INC., v. SULLIVAN

No. 118.

372 U.S. 58 (1963)

83 S.Ct. 631

9 L.Ed.2d 584

BANTAM BOOKS, INC., ET AL. v. SULLIVAN ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 18, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horace S. Manges argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Jacob F. Raskin and Milton Stanzler.

J. Joseph Nugent, Attorney General of Rhode Island, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was Joseph L. Breen.

Irwin Karp filed a brief for the Authors League of America, Inc., as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Rhode Island Legislature created the "Rhode Island Commission to Encourage Morality in Youth," whose members and Executive Secretary are the appellees herein, and gave the Commission inter alia ". . . the duty . . . to educate the public concerning any book, picture, pamphlet, balled, printed paper or other thing containing obscene, indecent or impure language, or manifestly tending to the corruption...

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