Legal Opinion
People v. Noroff
California Supreme Court
Decided November 21, 1967No. Crim. No. 11200PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTobriner, J.
Defendants were charged in the Municipal Court of the Los Angeles Judicial District with a violation of Penal Code section 311.2, which proscribes the possession of obscene matter for distribution in this state.1 In chambers, the trial court examined the challenged material, a single copy of a magazine entitled 1 ‘ International Nudist Sun, Yol. 1, No. 5” (hereinafter referred to as “INS #5”). The court ruled that the magazine fell within the constitutional protection of the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution; concluded that it was not “obscene”2 within the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Commissioner v. Estate of BoschSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by57 opinions
- In Re CoxCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- Splawn v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- In Re SmithCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- Vernon Walker Huffman v. United States, Dennis Eugene Pryba v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Bloom v. Municipal CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
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