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ZEITLIN v. ARNEBERGH

Docket No. L.A. 26905.

59 Cal.2d 901 (1963)

383 P.2d 152

31 Cal. Rptr. 800

JACOB ZEITLIN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. ROGER ARNEBERGH, as City Attorney, etc., Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 2, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan L. Schoichet, A.L. Wirin and Fred Okrand for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Brock & Fleishman, Stanley Fleishman, Bayard F. Berman and Sol Rosenthal as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Roger Arnebergh, City Attorney (Los Angeles), in pro. per., Philip E. Grey, Assistant City Attorney, William E. Doran and Edward P. George, Deputy City Attorneys, for Defendant and Respondent.

John J. Clancy as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

TOBRINER, J.

In this case "Tropic of Cancer" by Henry Miller makes another one of its many court appearances. Its record to date has been a varied one; in some places the book is "obscene" and in others it is not; presently its legal status is largely tied into the geography of its sale or publication.1 In any event, our first task must be to determine whether the instant form of action, that...

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