Resources
CBLDF Case Files
Read the highlights of cases the CBLDF has helped
defend over the past few years.
Mike Diana
June 27, 1997 -- The United States Supreme Court denied Mike Diana's
petition for a writ of certiorari, thus ending a three year battle
to have his obscenity conviction in the state of Florida overturned.
Planet Comics
September 1997 -- The two-year court battle involving the Oklahoma
City comic book store Planet Comics came to a sudden and unexpected
end when days before the case was to go to trial the defendants
entered a guilty plea.
Jonah Hex vs.
the Winter Bros.
February 1998 -- Comic creators Lansdale, Truman, and Glanzman
fought a civil complaint brought by musicians with the help
of the CBLDF and DC Comics--and won.
Mavrides Beats
California BOE
January 11, 1996 -- A five year fight to proclaim original art
exempt from sales tax wins in victory for the creator of the
Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers
Brief History
of Comics Censorship
Read our take on what led to these cases. For more detail, check
our our research bibliography.
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