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Ginsberg v. New York; United Artists Corp. v. City of Dallas
389 U.S. 965·Supreme Court of the United States·1967
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Opinion
December 4, 1967.
No. 47.
No. 64.
Ginsberg v. New York. United Artists Corp. v. City of Dallas.
Osmond K. Fraenkel, Edward J. Ennis, Melvin L. Wulj and Alan H. Levine for American Civil Liberties Union et al. on the motion urging reversal in both cases.
Irwin Karp for Authors League of America, Inc., on the motion urging reversal in No. 64.
N. Alex Bickley and Ted P. MacMaster for the City of Dallas in opposition to the motions in No. 64.
[MAJORITY]
Appeal from App. Term, Sup. Ct. N. Y., 2d Jud. Dept. (probable jurisdiction noted, 388 U. S. 904); and
Appeal from Ct. Civ. App. Tex., 5th Sup. Jud. Dist. (probable jurisdiction noted, 387 U. S. 903). Motion for leave to file brief of American Civil Liberties Union et al., as amici curiae, granted. Motion of Authors League of America, Inc., for leave to file brief, as amicus curiae, in No. 64 granted.