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BROCKETT v. SPOKANE ARCADES, INC.

No. 84-28.

472 U.S. 491 (1985)

105 S.Ct. 2794

86 L.Ed.2d 394

BROCKETT v. SPOKANE ARCADES, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 19, 1985

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine O. Gregoire, Deputy Attorney General of Washington, argued the cause for appellants in both cases. With her on the briefs were Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, pro se, Jeffrey C. Sullivan, and Richard C. Robinson. David A. Saraceno filed a brief for appellant in No. 84-28.

John H. Weston argued the cause for appellees in both cases. With him on the brief were David M. Brown, G. Randall Garrou, Jack Burns, James H. Lowe, Robert Eugene Smith, and Charles Stixrud.†

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question in these cases is whether the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit erred in invalidating in its entirety a Washington statute aimed at preventing and punishing the publication of obscene materials.

I

On April 1, 1982, the Washington state moral nuisance law became effective. Wash. Rev. Code § 7.48A.010-7.48A.900 (1983).

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