Legal Opinion · Dissent
Attorney General v. A Book Named "Naked Lunch"
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 7, 1966Published
1DissentReabdon, J.
(dissenting) I respectfully dissent from the opinion of the majority. Some general observations are in order as a preface to a statement of my reasons.
1. It is appropriate to note that, since the adoption of the Constitution of Massachusetts in 1780, this court and its judges have been most aware of the responsibility laid upon them by art. 16, Part I, of the Declaration of Rights which provides: “The liberty of the press is essential to the security of freedom in a state: it ought not, therefore, to be restrained in this commonwealth.” It was Massachusetts which, in ratifying the…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Blair v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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