1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.
  4. 356 F.Supp.
  5. 356 F.Supp. 1101 (1973)
 

SPEIGHT v. SLATON

Civ. A. No. 17075.

356 F.Supp. 1101 (1973)

Alvis G. SPEIGHT, t/a Harem Book Store, and James L. Chandler, Plaintiffs, v. Lewis R. SLATON, In his Capacity as District Attorney, Atlanta Judicial Circuit, and Hinson McAuliffe, In his Capacity as Solicitor, Criminal Court of Fulton County, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

February 22, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Freeman Hutton, Gilbert H. Deitch, Atlanta, Ga., Robert E. Smith, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiffs.

Joel Feldman, Asst. Dist. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for defendants.

Before MORGAN, Circuit Judge, and MOYE and O'KELLEY, District Judges.

MOYE, District Judge:

OPINION AND ORDER

Plaintiffs operate an establishment in Atlanta, Georgia, known as the Harem Bookstore. On August 23, 1972, pursuant to recently enacted Georgia statutes relating to obscenity,1 the defendants herein brought a civil suit in the Georgia state courts to abate the Harem Bookstore as a public nuisance.2 On the same day the state court ordered plaintiffs herein to...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases