AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS ASSN. v. Superior Court

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• ordinance overbroad because it required sealing material containing any photo where the primary purpose is sexual arousal regardless of whether obscene as to minors
• statute invalidated because, among other things, it restricted the display of material the contents or cover of which was sexually explicit
• ordinance requiring any material whose \primary purpose\ was \sexual arousal\ to be sealed was held overbroad because it restricted adults' access to materials they had right to obtain
• statute invalidated because, among other things, it restricted the display of material the contents or cover of which was sexually explicit
• ordinance requiring any material whose “primary purpose” was “sexual arousal” to be sealed was held overbroad because it restricted adults’ access to materials they had right to obtain

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).