BANTAM BOOKS, INC., v. MELKO


25 N.J. Super. 292 (1953)

96 A.2d 47

BANTAM BOOKS, INC., PLAINTIFF, v. MATTHEW F. MELKO, PROSECUTOR OF THE PLEAS OF THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided March 31, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph Steiner, attorney for the plaintiff.

Mr. Stephen V.R. Strong, attorney for the defendant.


GOLDMANN, J.S.C.

This injunction action results from the defendant's promulgation of a list of publications found "objectionable" by a citizens' committee. The proceedings center upon the committee's ban of The Chinese Room, a novel by Vivian Connell, but involved here is the larger question of extra-legal censorship.

Plaintiff, a New York corporation, has for some years been engaged in the business of...

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