Playboy Sues Meese
August, 1986
On May 16, 1986, Playboy Enterprises, The American Booksellers Association and the Council for Periodical Distributors Associations filed a lawsuit against Edwin Meese III, the Attorney General of the United States; Alan Sears, the executive director of the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography; Henry Hudson, the commission chairman; and each member of the commission.The complaint refers to the commission's charter, "to determine the nature, extent and impact on society of pornograph...
