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HAMLING v. UNITED STATES

No. 73-507.

418 U.S. 87 (1974)

94 S.Ct. 2887

41 L.Ed.2d 590

HAMLING ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 24, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Fleishman argued the cause for petitioners Hamling et al. With him on the briefs was Sam Rosenwein. Mr. Rosenwein argued the cause for petitioners Kemp et al. With him on the briefs were Mr. Fleishman and Louis S. Katz.

Allan Abbott Tuttle argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Bork, Assistant Attorney General Petersen, Jerome M. Feit, and Shirley Baccus-Lobel.*

MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

On March 5, 1971, a grand jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California indicted petitioners William L. Hamling, Earl Kemp, Shirley R. Wright, David L. Thomas, Reed Enterprises, Inc., and Library Service, Inc., on 21 counts of an indictment charging use of the mails to carry an obscene book, The Illustrated Presidential Report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography...

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