McKinney v. Alabama, No. 74-532 (U.S. Supreme Court) (424 U.S. 669; 96 S.Ct. 1189) (March 23, 1976) (Justice Rehnquist)
In this case, an Alabama statute enabled the district attorney to obtain a civil adjudication of obscenity against a magazine called New Directions. Subsequently the State Attorney General's office delivered a letter to the proprietor of a Birmingham newsstand, telling him that New Directions and three other magazines had been ...
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