Majority
The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted and the judgment of the Court of Appeals of New York is reversed. Redrup v. New York, 386 U. S. 767 .
The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Clark, and Mr. Justice Brennan would affirm.
Mr. Justice Harlan adheres to the views expressed in his separate opinions in Roth v. United States, 354 U. S. 476 , 496, and Memoirs v. Massachusetts, 383 U. S. 413 , 455, and on the basis of the reasoning set forth therein would affirm.
Cases cited
- Redrup v. New York 386 U. S. 767 p. 443
- Roth v. United States 354 U. S. 476 p. 443
- A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General of Massachusetts 383 U. S. 413 p. 443