Legal Opinion
New York Society for the Suppression of Vice v. MacFadden Publications, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 22, 1932PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHubbs, J.
The plaintiff is a domestic corporation organized under an act of the Legislature (Laws of 1873, ch. 527) to enforce “ the laws for the suppression of the trade in and circulation of obscene literature * * * and articles of indecent and immoral use.” The act authorized it to take and hold real and personal property. It is dependent upon voluntary contributions for its support.
The defendant corporation, Macfadden Publications, Inc., is the publisher of the newspaper, the New York Evening Graphic and the individual defendant is the president of that corporation in personal charge and control.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Finnish Temperance Society Sovittaja v. Finnish Socialistic Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- First National Bank v. WintersNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
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- Golden North Airways, Inc., a Corporation v. Tanana Publishing Company, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
- Wayne Works v. Hicks Body Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1944
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