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| |Litigants=One, Inc. v. Olesen | |||
| |SubmitDate=<!--Can anyone find this? It wasn't argued, so there is no ArgueDate--> | |||
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| |DecideDate=January 13 | |||
| |DecideYear=1958 | |||
| |FullName= One, Incorporated, v. Otto K. Olesen, Postmaster of the City of Los Angeles | |||
| |USVol=355 | |||
| |USPage=371 | |||
| |Citation=241 F.2d 772 (9th Cir. 1957) | |||
| |Subsequent= | |||
| |Holding=Pro-homosexual writing is not ''per se'' obscene. | |||
| |SCOTUS=1957-1958 | |||
| |PerCuriam=yes | |||
| |Prior=Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |||
| }} | |||
| '''''One, Inc. v. Olesen''''' {{ussc|355|371|January 13, 1958}} was a landmark decision for ]. ], a spinoff of the ], published the early pro-gay "ONE: The Homosexual Magazine" beginning in ]. After a campaign of harassment from the ] and ], the ] of ] declared the October, ] issue obscene therefore unmailable under the ]. | |||
| The magazine sued. The first court decision (March 1956) sided with the post office, as did the ] (February 1957). To the surprise of all concerned, an appeal to the ] was not only accepted, but citing ] {{ussc|354|476|]}} the Court, in a terse ], reversed the 9th Circuit without even waiting for oral arguments. This marked the first time the Supreme Court had explicitly ruled on homosexuality. | |||
| == References == | |||
| * {{ussc|355|371|January 13, 1958}} | |||
| * {{Citation |title=Today In History: A Spunky ONE And The U.S. Post Office |first=Jim |last=Burroway |date=January 13, 2008 |url=http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/01/13/1273 |periodical=Box Turtle Bulletin |accessdate=2008-01-14}} | |||
| * {{Citation |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1316/is_2001_July/ai_76751693 |title=Review: Courting Justice |first=Stephanie |last=Mencimer |periodical=Washington Monthly |date=July, 2001 |issn=0043-0633 |accessdate=2008-01-14}}, describing | |||
| ** {{Citation |title=Courting Justice: Gay Men and Lesbians v. the Supreme Court |first1=Joyce |last1=Murdoch |first2=Deb |last2=Price |isbn=0465015131 |pages=582 |date=April 30, 2001 |publisher=Basic Books |place=New York}} (not referenced for this article, but it should be) | |||
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| *{{Citation |title=Homosexuality and Free Speech: The 1958 ONE Case |url=http://www.rasmusen.org/x/2006/09/13/1331/ |periodical=Eric Rasmusen's Weblog |first=Eric |last=Rasmusen |date=September 13, 2006 |accessdate=2008-01-14}} | |||
| *{{Citation |url=http://www.law.fsu.edu/Journals/lawreview/backissues/244.html |title=Privacy Jurisprudence and the Aparthied of the Closet, 1946–1961 |author=William N. Eskridge, Jr. |periodical= Florida State University Law Review |year=1997 |volume=24 |issue=4 |accessdate=2008-01-14}} "The Post Office determined that the October 1954 issue was obscene and lewd, based upon three articles within the issue: (1) Sappho Remembered, a story of a lesbian's affection for a twenty-year-old "girl" who gives up her boyfriend to live with the lesbian, was considered obscene because it was "lustfully stimulating to the average homosexual reader"; (2) Lord Samuel and Lord Montagu, a poem about homosexual toilet cruising on the part of several British peers, was considered obscene because of "filthy words" within it; and (3) an advertisement for The Circle, a magazine containing homosexual pulp romance stories, was thought to lead the reader to obscene material." | |||
| *{{Citation |url=http://www.planetout.com/news/history/archive/08021999.html |title=''One'' Magazine |first=David |last=Bianco |date=August 2, 1999 |periodical=Planet Out |accessdate=2008-01-14}} | |||
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