Hollington v. Ricco

This appeal presents highly important questions involving efforts by law enforcement officials of the city of Cleveland to halt the flow of obscene literature within its boundaries. Through seven assignments of error, appellants assail practically every facet of these efforts, including the enabling legislation, the procedural steps taken to secure the restraints, and finally the restraints themselves.

On March 27, 1972, a Cleveland city prosecutor and several police officers entered the bookstore of the appellant Joseph Ricco, on orders of the chief police prosecutor to search for and…