Stanley Fleishman Collection of Material About Obscenity and its Legal Aspects, 1960-1982

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Stanley Fleishman Collection of Material About Obscenity and its Legal Aspects, 1960-1982

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Stanley Fleishman (1920- ) was a lawyer specializing in defending the civil rights of authors, publishers and distributors, especially those accused of violating obscenity laws. He argued free speech cases 11 times before the Supreme Court, was involved in constitutional law and civil rights litigation on behalf of the disabled, and was counsel of record for Doctors for AIDS Research and Education. The collection consists of erotic publications collected by Stanley Fleishman in connection with his legal activities defending those accused of violating obscenity laws.

262 boxes (131.0 linear ft.); 16 cartons (16.0 linear ft.); 9 oversize boxes

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Fleishman, Stanley

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Fleishman was born in 1920; attended Columbia Univ. School of Law; admitted to NY bar in 1945; specialized in defending the civil rights of authors, publishers and distributors, especially those accused of violating obscenity laws; successfully defended the bookstore prosecuted for selling Henry Miller's book, Tropic of Cancer; argued free speech cases 11 times before the Supreme Court; since 1979 has been a partner in the Los Angeles firm Fleishman, Fisher & Moest; later involved in constit...