Legal Opinion
Overstock Book Co. v. Barry
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 23, 1970No. Nos. 432, 433, Dockets 34833, 35620PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge:
This case involves an attack on the constitutionality of the New York obscenity statute. The appellee-cro'ss-ap-pellant is a New York corporation which filed in the district court a complaint, verified on information and belief, and with four supporting exhibits, in which it sought injunctive and declaratory relief and damages from the defendants Barry, Police Commissioner, and Asp-land, District Attorney for Suffolk County. Since the constitutionality of certain New York statutes is challenged the Attorney General of the State of New York received notice and appeared.…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Stanley v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Leary v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. RainesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- United States v. David Bush, Arthur Randall Sanders, Twa, Inc., and Richard Zane (True Name Atila Caliskn)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- People v. HellerNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
- Calvin Young v. Robert Abrams, Attorney General of the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- United Artists Corporation v. ProskinDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1973
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