Legal Opinion
Monger v. Florida
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 28, 1972No. 71-486Published
1Opinion of the Court
405 U.S. 958
92 S.Ct. 1163
31 L.Ed.2d 236
Dennis Gary MONGER
v.
State of FLORIDA.
No. 71-486.
Supreme Court of the United States
February 28, 1972
On petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida.
The petition for writ of certiorari is denied, it appearing that the judgment of the Supreme Court of Florida rests upon an adequate state ground.
2DissentJustice Douglas, joined by Justice Brennan and Justice Stewart
Petitioner was employed in a news-stand which sold 'girlie' magazines. He was charged with the sale of two allegedly obscene magazines—'Body Shop' and 'The Erotic Cinema'—in violation of Florida's obscenity statute1 and, on November 3, 1970, the…
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