Legal Opinion
Brown v. Kingsley Books, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 27, 1956PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.
Although we are all agreed for affirmance, we reach that conclusion by somewhat different routes. The importance and perplexities of the constitutional issue presented persuade me that there must be more full discussion than some of my associates believe necessary of the reasons for and the reach of the decision being made.
Enacted in 1941 (L. 1941, ch. 925) and amended in 1954 (L. 1954, ch. 702), section 22-a of the Code of Criminal Procedure was designed to supplement existing criminal sanctions by providing an additional civil remedy in the Supreme Court, by way of an action for an…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington)Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Kingsley Books, Inc. v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- State v. JacksonOregon Supreme Court · 1960
- United States v. Samuel RothCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
- HMH Publishing Co. v. GarrettDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1957
- New York State Hairdressers & Cosmetologists Ass'n v. CuomoNew York Supreme Court · 1975
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