Legal Opinion
Corinth Publications, Inc. v. Wesberry
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 18, 1966No. 23227PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Grice, Justice.
A proceeding declaring a book to be obscene brings about this appeal.
The litigation began when James P. Wesberry, Hubert L. Dyar and Marcus Calhoun, as members of the State Literature Commission, filed in the Superior Court of Muscogee County a petition seeking a declaration that a book entitled “Sin Whisper” is obscene. The petition recited that the Commission was created by Georgia Laws 1953, page 135, as amended by Georgia Laws 1958, page 391 and Georgia Laws 1964, page 161; and that the petition for declaratory judgment was brought pursuant to Georgia Laws 1945, page 137,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Zeitlin v. ArneberghCalifornia Supreme Court · 1963
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