Supreme Court of the United States, 1963

Smith v. California

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided December 16, 1963 · Per Curiam

375 U.S. 259; 84 S. Ct. 361; 11 L. Ed. 2d 311; 1963 U.S. LEXIS 6 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Stanley Fleishman and Sam Rosenwein for petitioner., Roger Amebergh, Philip E. Grey and Wm. E. Doran for respondent., Briefs of amici curiae, urging reversal, were filed by Edward de Grazia for Allen et al.; by Thomas M. Thomas for American Library Association, and by Nathan L. Schoichet, A. L. Wirin and Fred Okrand for American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California., Charles H. Keating, Jr. for Citizens for Decent Literature, Inc., et al., as amici curiae, in support of respondent.

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Opinion

Per Curiam.

The motion of Citizens for Decent Literature, Inc., et al., for leave to file a brief, as amici curiae, is granted. The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded to the Appellate Department of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, for further consideration in light of the decision of the Supreme Court of California in Zeitlin v. Arnebergh, 59 Cal. 2d 901, 383 P. 2d 152.

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