Ridens Et Al. v. Illinois Et Al., 421 U.S. 993

Ridens Et Al. v. Illinois Et Al.

421 U.S. 993

SCOTUS

1975

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WEISER ET AL. v. WHITE, SECRETARY OF STATE OF TEXAS

No. 74-1240

C. A. 5th Cir.

422 U.S. 993

No. 74-1240.

WEISER ET AL. v. WHITE, SECRETARY OF STATE OF TEXAS. C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

No. 74-6153.

BAECHLER v. UNITED STATES. С. А. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied. MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS would grant certiorari.

No. 74-6305.

BENNETT v. NORTH CAROLINA. С. А. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied. MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS would grant certiorari.

No. 74-1003.

RIDENS ET AL. v. ILLINOIS ET AL. Sup. Ct. Ill. Certiorari denied. MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, being of the view that any state or federal ban on, or regulation of, obscenity is prohibited by the Constitution, (DOUGLAS, J., dissenting); (DOUGLAS, J., dissenting); (DOUGLAS, J., dissenting), would grant certiorari and summarily reverse the judgment.

MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN, with whom MR. JUSTICE STEWART and MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL join, dissenting.

Petitioners were convicted of selling allegedly obscene publications in violation of the Illinois Obscenity Statute, Ill. Rev. Stat., c. 38, § 11-20 (1969), and the obscenity ordinance of the city of Moline, III. The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed their convictions.

51 Ill. 2d 410, 282 N. E. 2d 691 (1972). We granted certiorari and remanded the case for further consideration in light of . . On remand, the Illinois Supreme Court again affirmed the convictions.

For the reasons stated in my dissent from the remand of this case,

id., at 911, and because the present judgment was rendered after , I would grant certiorari and reverse.^*

No. 74-1024.

SIERRA CLUB v. HILLS, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, ET AL. C. A. 5th Cir. Motion of Citizens for Better Environment et al. for leave to join in petition for writ of certiorari denied. Certiorari denied. MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion and petition.

No. 74-1065.

ILLINOIS v. GRAYSON. Sup. Ct. Ill. Certiorari denied, it appearing the judgment below rests upon adequate state grounds. MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS would grant certiorari.

No. 74-926.

CITY OF PITTSBURGH v. PUBLIC PARKING AUTHORITY OF PITTSBURGH ET AL., ante, p. 912;

No. 74-930.

ILLINOIS ET AL. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION ET AL., ante, p. 912;

No. 74-5964.

OLENZ v. CLEARY ET AL., 420 U. S. 994; and

No. 74-6034.

WHITE v. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, ante, p. 918. Petitions for rehearing denied. MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS took no part in the consideration or decision of these petitions.

Notes

*Although four of us would grant certiorari and reverse the judgment, the Justices who join this opinion do not insist that the case be decided on the merits.