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  v.39,no.3(1990:May): Page 21  



Casanova and Butler in the Dock
 

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John Sumner (center), who headed the New York Society for the

Supression of Vice, oversees the burning of confiscated

literature in 1955 shortly after Sumner vs. Simon & Schuster
 

go on to defend the famous Ulysses case, making legal and
publishing history. The Casanova defense materials illustrate the
general approach he was developing to the defense of artistically
meritorious works such as were generally brought to him for
assistance.
  v.39,no.3(1990:May): Page 21