Legal Opinion
American Booksellers Ass'n, Inc. v. Schiff
District Court, D. New Mexico
Decided November 3, 1986No. Civ. 85-0966 BBPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BALDOCK, Circuit Judge, Assigned.
“[T]his is a case of the wicked fleeing where none pursue.” St. Martin’s Press, Inc. v. Carey, 605 F.2d 41, 45 & n. 3 (2d Cir.1979) (citing Proverbs 28:1). It ostensibly presents the question of whether the New Mexico law prohibiting certain retail display of sexually oriented material deemed harmful to minors is constitutional. The plaintiffs, various trade associations, a wholesaler 1 and two retailers of books and periodicals, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and others, brought this action against the Bernalillo County…
2Cases cited107 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by2 opinions
- American Booksellers Ass'n v. SchiffCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
- American Booksellers Association, Inc. v. SchiffCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989