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A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General of Massachusetts
382 U.S. 951·Supreme Court of the United States·1965
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Opinion
No. 368.
A Book Named “John Cleland’s Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure” v. Attorney General of Massachusetts.
Charles H. Keating, Jr., and James J. Clancy on the motions.
[MAJORITY]
Appeal from Sup. Jud. Ct. Mass. (Probable jurisdiction noted, ante, p. 900.) Motions of the American Parents Committee, Inc., and the Committee of Religious Leaders of the City of New York for leave to appear, as amici curiae, and to adopt as their briefs the briefs amicus curiae filed by the Citizens for Decent Literature, Inc., are granted.