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G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS v. CALISSI

50 N.J. 397 (1967)

235 A.2d 893

G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS, A CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. GUY W. CALISSI, BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided November 21, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles Rembar, of the New York Bar, for plaintiff-appellant (Messrs. Parisi, Evers & Greenfield, attorneys).

Mr. Harold N. Springstead, Assistant Prosecutor, for defendant-respondent (Mr. Guy W. Calissi, Bergen County Prosecutor, attorney).

The opinion of the court was delivered PER CURIAM.

The Superior Court, Chancery Division, enjoined G.P. Putnam's Sons from publishing, selling or distributing in New Jersey John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, more commonly known as Fanny Hill. The injunction was based upon that court's finding that the book is obscene. G.P. Putnam's Sons v. Calissi, 86 N.J.Super. 82 (Ch. Div. 1964). G...

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