Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dell Publications, Inc.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 29, 1967No. Appeal, 204PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Roberts,
In response to a complaint in equity filed by the District Attorney of Philadelphia County, the court of common pleas of that county held a hearing to determine whether the book “Candy” was obscene within the meaning of the Act of June 1, 1956, P. L. (1955) 1997, as amended, September 22, 1961, P. L. 1587, 18 P.S. §3832.11 and the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.2
A hearing on the district attorney’s complaint was held in March 1965, but the court below withheld its adjudication pending the disposition by the Supreme Court…
2Cases cited51 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Smith v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Pirillo v. PirilloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- United States v. Herman L. Womack, United States of America v. Potomac News CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Vernon Walker Huffman v. United States, Dennis Eugene Pryba v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Illinois Citizens Committee for Broadcasting v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Commonwealth v. LaLONDESupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
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