Legal Opinion

McNary v. Carlton

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided September 8, 1975No. 58371Published

1Opinion of the Court

527 S.W.2d 343 (1975)

Gene McNARY, Prosecuting Attorney of St. Louis County, Missouri, Respondent,

v.

Bruce CARLTON and B. Dalton Company, Appellants.

No. 58371.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

September 8, 1975.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Paul Robert Otto, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Irl B. Baris, Newmark & Baris, St. Louis, for appellants.

DONNELLY, Judge.

On February 27, 1973, the Circuit Court of St. Louis County entered its decree, under § 563.285, RSMo 1969, declaring the book "The Happy Hooker" obscene and enjoining appellants from selling or distributing it in the…

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2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940

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