This court case was the beginning of media censorship in the American entertainment industry. Sam Ginsberg and his wife owned and operated a lunch counter that also happened to sell magazines. In October of 1965, Ginsberg sold a 16-year-old minor a couple of magazines, two of which contained story explanations of sexual conduct. The minor’s parents deemed the magazines inappropriate, and later sought prosecution against Ginsberg. The grounds being prosecuted on were Section 484-h of New York’s penal law stating that pictures of sexual conduct and nudity or literature containing accounts of sexual excitement would be considered harmful to minors. It was found and decided during the trial that Section 484-h was not a restriction of expression
