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U.S. Supreme Court. Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan, 372 U.S. 58 (1963) Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan No. 118 Argued December 3, 1962 Decided February 18,1963 372 U.S. 58 APPEAL FROM THE SUPERIOR COURT OF RHODE ISLAND Syllabus The Rhode Island Legislature created a Commission "to educate the public concerning any book . . . or other thing ...
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Written by Michael P. Fix, published on January 1, 2009 , last updated on February 18, 2024. In Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan, 372 U.S. 58 (1963), the Supreme Court ruled that states must provide adequate procedural safeguards when establishing a mechanism to declare books obscene. In this photo, Texas attorney general John Ben Shepperd, left ...
John Harlan II. BANTAM BOOKS, INC., et al. v. SULLIVAN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 18, 1963. The case was argued before the court on December 3, 1962. In a 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent ...
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The United States Supreme Court ruled that the actions of a state commission in Rhode Island designed to protect minors from offensive or obscene language or images was unconstitutional. Four publishers sued after being notified that the commission found that their publications contained material unfit for consumption by minors, and that they faced...
The state of Rhode Island created a commission to screen published materials for offensive or obscene images or language. The commission was created to enforce a law that was designed to protect minors (under the age of 18) from exposure to obscene and offensive materials. Once the commission had decided that particular material was unfit, they wou...
J. Brennan delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States. He noted the regulation of obscenity has traditionally been left to the individual states. However, a state cannot implement regulations without consideration of the consequences to a narrowing of the First Amendment. The Court focused on three main points: 1) the fact that...
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BANTAM BOOKS, INC. v. SULLIVAN 372 U.S. 58 (1963)In Bantam Books v. Sullivan the Supreme Court struck down a state system of informal censorship, holding that the regulation of obscenity must meet rigorous procedural safeguards to guard against the repression of constitutionally protected freedom of speech. Rhode Island had created a commission ...
