American Booksellers v. Webb

919 F.2d 1493 (11th Cir. 1990)

In the Media Coalition case American Booksellers v. Webb, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals narrowed Georgia's minors access law to apply only to "borderline obscenity."

updated 6/3/09

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