Legal Opinion
Rushia v. Town of Ashburnham
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided April 4, 1983No. Civ. A. 82-1714-SPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SKINNER, District Judge.
Plaintiff brings this action for declaratory and injunctive relief against the enforcement of an Ashburnham, Massachusetts bylaw which forbids the sale or display to minors of indecent publications. (Appendix, “Public Display Minors Law”). Plaintiff operates Bill’s Pharmacy, Inc. in Ashburnham in which he displays and sells various magazines. He challenges the bylaw on the grounds that it is inconsistent with the Massachusetts statute on obscene matter, M.G.L. c. 272, §§ 28-32, and is unconstitutional under the First and Fourteenth Amendments.…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Steffel v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Davis-Kidd Booksellers, Inc. v. McWherterTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
- Upper Midwest Booksellers Ass'n v. City of MinneapolisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Upper Midwest Booksellers Ass'n v. City of MinneapolisDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1985
- American Booksellers Ass'n, Inc. v. WebbDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1986
- Upper Midwest Booksellers Association v. City Of MinneapolisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
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