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A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General of Massachusetts
382 U.S. 934·Supreme Court of the United States·1965
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Opinion
December 6, 1965.
No. 368.
A Book Named “John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure” v. Attorney General of Massachusetts.
Charles H. Keating, Jr., on the motions.
[MAJORITY]
Appeal from Sup. Jud. Ct. Mass. (Probable jurisdiction noted, ante, p. 900.) Motion of the Citizens for Decent Literature, Inc., for leave to file brief, as amicus curiae, granted. Motion for leave to participate in oral argument, as amicus curiae, denied.