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KATZEV v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Docket No. L.A. 25012.

52 Cal.2d 360 (1959)

341 P.2d 310

J. KATZEV et al., Appellants, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 24, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gang, Kopp & Tyre, Martin Gang, Milton A. Rudin and Payson Wolff for Appellants.

A.L. Wirin, Fred Okrand and Richard J. Kamins as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellants.

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, and David D. Mix, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondents.

McCOMB, J.

Plaintiffs appeal from an adverse judgment in a declaratory relief action attacking as unconstitutional a county ordinance prohibiting the sale or circulation of any "crime comic book" to any child under the age of 18 years and declaring a violation of the ordinance to be a misdemeanor.

Plaintiffs are dealers in magazines, books and other printed material, including crime comic books, and the distribution of the latter would be impaired through...

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