Zeitlin v. Arnebergh

In this ease “Tropic of Cancer” by Henry Miller makes another one of its many court appearances. Its record to date has been a varied one; in some places the book is “obscene” and in others it is not; presently its legal status is largely tied into the geography of its sale or publication. In any event, our first task must be to deter mine whether the instant form of action, that of declaratory relief requested by a bookseller and would-be reader, properly presents the issue of the book’s proscription under Penal Code section 311. We hold this form of relief appropriate. Our second question…