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· 5/7/1979

Leech v. American Booksellers Ass'n, Inc.

Citations

  • 582 S.W.2d 738
  • 5 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1001
  • 1979 Tenn. LEXIS 446

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that prior law is in full force and effect when an act is held unconstitutional
  • holding that the scope of Tenn. Const. art. I, § 19's protection of speech is at least as broad as that afforded by the First Amendment
  • in the context of determining whether obscenity was entitled to greater protection under the State Constitution than the Federal Constitution
  • in the context of determining whether obscenity was entitled to greater protection under the State Constitution than the Federal Constitution

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Judges: Fones, Henry, Cooper, Brock, Harbison

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