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...Manhattan a Federal judge heard a petition by Katz Underwear Co. to restrain "Katz" Pajamas, Inc. from the use of its corporate name. The judge denied the petition. But he remarked: "Some advantage accrued to the plaintiff through currency of the popular expression 'cat's pajamas,' indicating extreme approval...
...summoned famed writers and artists to testify that the Society "could not tell the difference between filth and literature." Writer Carl Van Doren called the Society "a conspicuous nuisance in the community." Heywood Broun, co-biographer with Margaret Leech (Mrs. Ralph Pulitzer) of Anthony Comstock, said that the plaintiff's reputation was "bad." Artist Rockwell Kent testified that by emphasizing the "filth" in books which it disapproves (notably Jurgen, Casanova's Homecoming and The Well of Loneliness) the Society has boosted sales of such books beyond normal by bringing them to the attention of eroticurious minds...
...have a sneaking notion, That the plaintiff missed first base...
...plaintiff...
...jury: (To the plaintiff...