1983, 1985, 1986, and Fourteenth Amendment, against Defs., individually as police chiefs, and for conspiring together to prevent persons from purchasing the book and Pls. Div., #61 C 1784.) Suit by Pl.-publisher and author of 'Tropic of Cancer' under 28 U.S.C. Sprayregen and Bernard Weisberg, Esqs., for Ill. LaSalle, Chicago, intervenor for publisher and author. Ct., on rehearing, sustained lower court finding, restrained police interference with distribution.Įlmer Gertz, Esq., 120 S. found no fairly debatable constitutional questions, transferred to Ill.

injunction, stated its conviction of the 'inherent constitutional rights and privileges of the reading public of our community' found (1) 'Tropic of Cancer' not obscene but a serious work of art (2) police chiefs acted unlawfully in interfering with distribution of book before adjudication. against exercise of First Amendment rights. and Pl.-housewife sued, charging conspiracy by Defs. suburban police chiefs ordered book dealers to cease selling Miller's 'Tropic of Cancer,' seized some copies, threatened arrests for failure to act. Was it intended that the fourteenth amendment incorporate the Bill of Rights? 42 N. 248-69.Ĭomments: The lawyer and the 'unpopular cause,' 16 Alabama 461-66. Goodhart, Freedom of speech and freedom of the press, 1964 Washington U.

Murphy, Interest group conflict in the judicial arena: The First Amendment and group access to the courts, 42 Texas 1018-48.Īrthur L. Symposium: A jurisprudential symposium in memory of Karl N. Thomas Emerson and David Haber, Political and Civil Rights in the United States, 2d ed. Cook, The FBI Nobody Knows, Macmillan 1964, $4.95. Justice Douglas, 73 Yale 917-19.Įugene Gressman, Much ado about certiorari, 52 Georgetown 742-66.īook: Fred J. FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND ASSOCIATION (FIRST AMENDMENT LIBERTIES) (0-299)

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