Legal Opinion
Literature, Inc. v. Robert H. Quinn
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 26, 1973No. 73-1074PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
On February 1, 1973, appellants, the owner and employees of two bookstores in Boston, brought this suit seeking to enjoin enforcement of c. 272, § 28A, Mass.Gen.Laws (making criminal the possession with intent to sell and sale of obscene material), including the criminal proceedings against appellants presently pending trial de novo in the Suffolk County Superior Court for violations of that statute arising out of a series of arrests and accompanying warrantless seizures over a period of 18 months. 1 They alleged that the statute was unconstitutional on its face, that the…
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