Leech v. American Booksellers Assn., Inc,

582 S.W.2d 738 (Tenn. Sup. Ct. 1979)

The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled in Leech v. American Booksellers Association that the state's obscenity and minors access bill was unconstitutional.  The overbroad bill was written by Larry Parrish, a lawyer in the US Attorney's office in Tennessee until 1977 and an anti-pornography activist.  Before the suit, it had been a model bill for other states.

updated 6/3/09