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Attorney recounts 1960s First Amendment challenge to US Customs ban of Swedish film "I Am Curious Yellow"

Attorney recounts 1960s First Amendment challenge to US Customs ban of Swedish film "I Am Curious Yellow" The passage is a personal recollection of a historic First Amendment litigation concerning an obscenity case. It mentions no current actors, financial flows, or wrongdoing by powerful officials. While it provides some detail about legal strategy and case law, it offers no actionable leads for contemporary investigations. Key insights: The film was seized by US Customs and banned nationwide in the late 1960s.; Grove Press owned the film and hired the author to litigate.; The author attempted to challenge Massachusetts obscenity statutes as a route to the Supreme Court.

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House Oversight
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Attorney recounts 1960s First Amendment challenge to US Customs ban of Swedish film "I Am Curious Yellow" The passage is a personal recollection of a historic First Amendment litigation concerning an obscenity case. It mentions no current actors, financial flows, or wrongdoing by powerful officials. While it provides some detail about legal strategy and case law, it offers no actionable leads for contemporary investigations. Key insights: The film was seized by US Customs and banned nationwide in the late 1960s.; Grove Press owned the film and hired the author to litigate.; The author attempted to challenge Massachusetts obscenity statutes as a route to the Supreme Court.

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kagglehouse-oversightfirst-amendmentobscenity-lawhistorical-litigationcensorship

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