Attorney General v. Book Named "Forever Amber"

A petition in equity seeking an adjudication that the novel "Forever Amber” is obscene, indecent, or impure invokes the procedure newly afforded by G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 272, §§ 28C-28G, as inserted by St. 1945, c. 278, § 1. Answers were filed by The Macmillan Company, the publisher; by Johnson’s Bookstore, Inc., which had in its possession in Springfield copies of the book for the purpose of sale, loan, or distribution; and by the Board of Trade of the Boston Book Merchants, an association in Boston of those engaged in the sale, loan, and distribution of books, including the book in question.…