Majority
The judgments of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, are reversed. Redrup v. New York, 386 U. S. 767 .
The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Clark, and Mr. Justice Brennan would affirm the judgments of the lower court. Ginzburg v. United States, 383 U. S. 463 .
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. 454
- Ginzburg v. United States 383 U. S. 463 p. 454
- Roth v. United States 354 U. S. 476 p. 454
- A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General of Massachusetts 383 U. S. 413 p. 454