Moore v. Younger
| Moore v. Younger | |
|---|---|
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| Court | California Court of Appeals |
| Full case name | Everett T. Moore et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Evelle J. Younger, as Attorney General, Defendant and Respondent. |
| Decided | January 30, 1976 |
| Citation | 54 Cal.App.3d 1122; 127 Cal. Rptr. 171 |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Otto M. Kaus, Herbert L. Ashby, James H. Hastings |
| Case opinions | |
| Decision by | Kaus |
| Concurrence | Ashby, Hastings |
| Keywords | |
The United States court case of Moore v. Younger, 54 Cal. App. 3d 1122 (Cal. App. 1976) originated from a somewhat ambiguous law, California's Harmful Matter Statute. California Attorney General Evelle J. Younger "claimed that individual librarians could be prosecuted for giving juveniles access to questionable reading materials."[1] University of California, Los Angeles Librarian Everett T. Moore, as plaintiff, challenged the Attorney General through legal action.[2] In February 1976, one month after he retired from UCLA, Moore won his case. All librarians in California were found to be exempt from the Harmful Matter Statute by the California Court of Appeals.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Caiger, Anne & Cube, Caroline. (2006) Regent of the University of California, Files relating to intellectual freedom issues, 1960-1969. Retrieved September 18, 2008
- ^ Minow, Mary. (2002) Features - Constitutional, Federal and State Legal Definitions of Child Pornography, Obscenity and "Harmful to Minors" of Interest to California Libraries Archived 2015-08-19 at the Wayback Machine. LLRX, Retrieved September 18, 2008
- ^ Obituary: The ALA Yearbook of Library and Information Services, v13, 1988. (p 238)