Legal Opinion
AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS ASSN. v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 25, 1982No. Docket Nos. 62692, 62693PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
STEPHENS, Acting P. J.
We deal in these two cases with ordinances of the Cities of Paramount and Redondo Beach which restrict display of certain explicit material when such material “has as its primary purpose, design or effect sexual arousal, gratification or affront.”
The two ordinances are virtually identical, except for what may be a typographical error in the Redondo Beach ordinance. For convenience sake, citations in the body of this opinion will be to the Paramount ordinance. (Ord. No. 478, Paramount Mun. Code, ch. 11 A.) It first provides (§ 11A-1) that the term “harmful matter…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Ginsberg v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Erznoznik v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Cohen v. Board of SupervisorsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1985
- Davis-Kidd Booksellers, Inc. v. McWherterTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
- M.S. News Co. v. CasadoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1983
- Sebago, Inc. v. City of AlamedaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1989
- People v. PowellCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2011
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