Word: ferber
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...obscene films and magazines portraying youthful sexual conduct, but of nonobscene ones as well. Bluntly put, the legislators wanted to crack down on dirty pictures of children even if the material involved was not "prurient" and "offensive" when judged by community standards. So when Manhattan Bookstore Owner Paul Ferber was sentenced in 1978 to 45 days in jail for selling two nonobscene films, he complained that his First Amendment right to free speech had been violated. Last week, with a unanimity that is rare on today's fractionated Supreme Court, the Justices handed down a landmark decision that encourages...