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Kingsley Books, Inc., et al. v. Brown, Corporation Counsel, 1957 — 353 U.S. 903 · caselaw · US
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Kingsley Books, Inc., et al. v. Brown, Corporation Counsel
353 U.S. 903·Supreme Court of the United States·1957
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Opinion
No. 107.
Kingsley Books, Inc., et al. v. Brown, Corporation Counsel.
The Attorney General of New York is invited to file a brief, as amicus curiae. Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General of New York, James O. Moore, Jr., Solicitor General, and Ruth Kessler Toch, Assistant Attorney General, were on the motion.
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Appeal from the Court of Appeals of New York. (Probable jurisdiction noted, 352 U. S. 962.) The motion of the Attorney General of New York for leave to appear and present oral argument, as amicus curiae, is denied.