One, Incorporated v. Olesen
| Decision Date | 13 January 1958 |
| Docket Number | No. 290,290 |
| Citation | 78 S.Ct. 364,2 L.Ed.2d 352,355 U.S. 371 |
| Parties | ONE, INCORPORATED, petitioner, v. Otto K. OLESEN, Individually and as Postmaster of the City of Los Angeles |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
Mr. Eric Julber, for petitioner.
Solicitor General Rankin, Acting Assistant Attorney General Leonard and Mr. Samuel D. Slade, for respondent.
On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
The petition for writ of certiorari is granted and the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is reversed. Roth v. United States 354 U.S. 476, 77 S.Ct. 1304, 1 L.Ed.2d 1498.
To continue reading
Request your trial
59 cases
-
State v. Andrews
...vacating 247 F.2d 148 (9th Cir. 1957); (3) a postal order finding 'One--The Homosexual Magazine,' unmailable; One, Inc. v. Olesen, 355 U.S. 371, 78 S.Ct. 364, 2 L.Ed.2d 352, reversing 241 F.2d 772 (9th Cir. 1957); and (4) a postal order finding nudist material unmailable. Sunshine Book Co. ......
-
Com. v. Horton
...78 S.Ct. 115, 2 L.Ed.2d 72 (1957); Mounce v. United States, 355 U.S. 180, 78 S.Ct. 267, 2 L.Ed.2d 187 (1957); One, Inc. v. Olesen, 355 U.S. 371, 78 S.Ct. 364, 2 L.Ed.2d 352 (1958); Sunshine Book Co. v. Summerfield, 355 U.S. 372, 78 S.Ct. 365, 2 L.Ed.2d 352 (1958); Kingsley Intl. Pictures Co......
-
Ward v. Illinois
...anal intercourse, lesbianism, and sadism and masochism, are vivid, intimately detailed, and explicit. (Cf. One, Inc. v. Olesen (1958), 355 U.S. 371, 78 S.Ct. 364, 2 L.Ed.2d 352.)" 46 Ill.2d, at 582-583, 264 N.E.2d, at 6. Four Justices dissented, but waived the Rule of Four that, if at least......
-
Bose Corporation v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc
...Amendment, protect.' Pennekamp v. Florida, 328 U.S. 331, 335 [66 S.Ct. 1029, 1031, 90 L.Ed. 1295]; see also One, Inc. v. Olesen, 355 U.S. 371 [78 S.Ct. 364, 2 L.Ed.2d 352]; Sunshine Book Co. v. Summerfield, 355 U.S. 372 [78 S.Ct. 365, 2 L.Ed.2d 352]. We must 'make an independent examination......
Request a trial to view additional results
2 books & journal articles
-
Pornography and Politics: the Court, the Constitution, and the Commission
...(Harlan, J., concurring) ; Jacobellis v.Ohio, 378 U.S. 184, 203 (Harlan, J., dissenting).16 One, The Homosexual Magazine, Inc. v. Oelsen, 355 U.S. 371 (1958), reversing 241 F.2d772 (9th Cir. 1957) ; Sunshine Book Co. v. Summerfield, 355 U.S. 372 (1958),reversing 249 F.2d 114 (D.C. Cir. 1957......
-
To harm, to victimize, and to destroy: the ugly reason why the Chambers majority opinion was so right.
...of the population because their own social or moral standards are far below those of the general community."). (95) One, Inc. v. Olesen, 355 U.S. 371, 371 (96) See Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476, 487 (1957) ("Obscene material is material which deals with sex in a manner appealing to pr......