Summerfield v. Sunshine Book Company’s Empirical Analysis
221 F.2d 42 · 1955
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1461 · 18 U.S.C. § 1462 · 18 U.S.C. § 334 · 19 U.S.C. § 1305 (Tariff Act of 1930)
Relies on Near v. State of Minnesota Olson · Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson · American School of Magnetic Healing v. McAnnulty · Reilly v. Pinkus · Public Clearing House v. Coyne
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Should this court then construe Section 259a to authorize the issuance of orders of indefinite duration which hamper or prevent the continuance of the publication and distribution of a magazine — with a substantial and admittedly innocuous text — because its past issues have been found to contain some obscene illustrations, although none of its future issues may contain obscene matter within the meaning of the statute?””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.