Legal Opinion
Childs v. Oregon
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided June 23, 1969No. Civ. No. 69-204PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SOLOMON, Chief Judge:
Harold G. Childs was convicted of disseminating obscene material after he sold a Portland police officer a copy of a book called “Lesbian Roommate” at his cigar store. He was sentenced to a 90-day jail term and a $500 fine. The jail term was suspended and Childs was placed on probation for five years. He exhausted his State remedies, and seeks habeas corpus relief in this Court. State v. Childs, 447 P.2d 304 (Or.1968). Jones v. Cunningham, 371 U.S. 236, 83 S.Ct. 373, 9 L.Ed.2d 285 (1963). 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241 et seq.
“Lesbian Roommate” is about Jill Reynolds, a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Jones v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General of MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Ginzburg v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Redrup v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Childs v. OregonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Film Follies, Inc. v. HaasCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1975
- Childs v. State of OregonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- State v. GraufCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1972
- Amato v. DivineDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1973
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