Legal Opinion
Dyson v. Stein
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 23, 1971No. 41PublishedCited by 196 opinions
1Per curiam
The appellee, Stein, published a bi-weekly newspaper, the Dallas Notes. Stein was charged with two violations of Art. 527, § 1, of the Texas Penal Code, which then prohibited, among other things, the possession of obscene materials.* While these two cases were pending *202in state courts, Stein brought the present action in a federal district court under 42 U. S. C. §§ 1983, 1985, representing himself and a class consisting of present and future employees of and contributors to his newspaper. The defendants were the district attorney of Dallas County, and the Dallas chief of police. He sought:
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Douglas v. City of JeannetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Stein v. BatchelorDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1969
3Cited by196 opinions
- Huffman v. Pursue, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Mitchum v. FosterSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Kugler v. HelfantSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- George W. Lewis v. George F. Kugler, Jr., Individually and in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of the State of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- Martin Erdmann v. Harold A. StevensCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
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