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FORT v. CITY OF MIAMI

No. 91.

389 U.S. 918 (1967)

FORT v. CITY OF MIAMI.

Supreme Court of United States.

October 23, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irma Robbins Feder and Richard Yale Feder for petitioner. Jack R. Rice, Jr., for respondent.

Certiorari denied.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART, with whom MR. JUSTICE BLACK and MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS join, dissenting.

The petitioner created six fiberglass statutes which he offered for sale in his backyard. Two police officers approached his home, confiscated the statues, and arrested him for violating a municipal ordinance that prohibits the knowing possession of obscene figures or images for sale.1

The petitioner was convicted...

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