Legal Opinion
Katzev v. County of Los Angeles
California Supreme Court
Decided June 24, 1959No. L. A. 25012PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcCOMB, J.
Plaintiffs appeal from an adverse judgment in a declaratory relief action attacking as unconstitutional a county ordinance prohibiting the sale or circulation of any “crime comic book” to any child under the age of 18 years and declaring a violation of the ordinance to be a misdemeanor.
Plaintiffs are dealers in magazines, books and other printed material, including crime comic books, and the distribution of the latter would be impaired through enforcement of the ordinance.
The ordinance, Number 6633, reads:
An Ordinance prohibiting the sale and circulation of crime “comic” books to children…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Thomas v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by32 opinions
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