One, Inc. v. Olesen

One, Inc. v. Olesen
Supreme Court of the United States
Submitted June 13, 1957
Decided January 13, 1958
Full case nameOne, Incorporated, v. Otto K. Olesen, Postmaster of the City of Los Angeles
Citations355 U.S. 371 (more)
78 S. Ct. 364; 2 L. Ed. 2d 352
Case history
Prior241 F.2d 772 (9th Cir. 1957)
Holding
Pro-homosexual writing is not per se obscene. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas · Harold H. Burton
Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II
William J. Brennan Jr. · Charles E. Whittaker
Case opinion
Per curiam
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. I; Comstock Act of 1873

One, Inc. v. Olesen, 355 U.S. 371 (1958), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court for LGBT rights in the United States. It was the first U.S. Supreme Court ruling to deal with homosexuality and the first to address free speech rights with respect to homosexuality. The Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling that the gay magazine ONE violated obscenity laws, thus upholding constitutional protection for pro-homosexual writing.[1]

  1. ^ Geidner, Chris (June 19, 2019). "The Court Cases That Changed L.G.B.T.Q. Rights". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 21, 2019.