Legal Opinion
Larkin v. G. P. Putnam's Sons
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 10, 1964PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBergan, J.
In this action maintained by the Corporation Counsel of the City of New York and by the District Attorneys of each of the five counties of the city in pursuance of section 22-a of the Code of Criminal Procedure, an injunction is sought to restrain defendant, a book publisher, from selling and distributing “ Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure ” by John Cleland, written about 1749, and popularly known as “ Fanny Hill ”.
The statute authorizes such an action as this by the public officials who have been joined as plaintiffs where a book is “ obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, indecent or disgusting”.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Smith v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Kingsley Books, Inc. v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Manual Enterprises, Inc. v. DaySupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by18 opinions
- United States v. Irving Klaw and Jack KramerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- Rage Books, Inc. v. LearyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1969
- Commonwealth v. Dell Publications, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- State v. LocksArizona Supreme Court · 1964
- United States v. Ralph Ginzburg, Documentary Books, Inc., Eros Magazine, Inc. And Liaison Newsletter, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
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