Legal Opinion · Dissent

Harmer v. Tonylyn Productions, Inc.

California Court of Appeal

Decided March 2, 1972No. Civ. 38114Published

1DissentHerndon, J.

I dissent.

In the majority opinion the motion picture “Without A Stitch” is very briefly described as “a singularly inartful cinematic effort, which, if the factual allegations of the complaint are to be taken as true, as they must'be, depicts sexual activity including, but not limited to, sexual intercourse, lesbianism and sodomy.”

Incriminating though it may be, the majority’s brief description of the film is euphemistic. The English language does not provide adjectives sufficient to describe the utter rottenness of this sordid product of sub-human depravity and greed that portrays every…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Stanley v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. United States v. Thirty-Seven (37) PhotographsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Ginzburg v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966

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