Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Stanley Fleishman Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1955-1975
Collection number: 1538
Creator: Fleishman, Stanley
Extent:
723 boxes (361.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Abstract: Stanley Fleishman (b.1920) specialized in defending the civil rights of authors, publishers and distributors, especially those
accused of violating obscenity laws. He successfully defended the bookstore prosecuted for selling Henry Miller's book,
Tropic of cancer, and argued free speech cases 11 times before the Supreme Court. He was later involved in constitutional law and civil rights
litigation on behalf of the disabled, and was counsel of record for Doctors for AIDS Research and Education. The collection
consists of Fleishman's client files, briefs, and business records. Includes files documenting his cases concerned with civil
rights of authors, publishers, and distributors.
Language:
English
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Stanley Fleishman, 1981.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Stanley Fleishman Papers (Collection 1538). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Fleishman was born in 1920; attended Columbia University School of Law; admitted to New York bar in 1945; specialized in defending
the civil rights of authors, publishers and distributors, especially those accused of violating obscenity laws; successfully
defended the bookstore prosecuted for selling Henry Miller's book,
Tropic of cancer; argued free speech cases 11 times before the Supreme Court; since 1979 has been a partner in the Los Angeles firm Fleishman,
Fisher & Moest; later involved in constitutional law and civil rights litigation on behalf of the disabled, and was counsel
of record for Doctors for AIDS Research and Education.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of client files, briefs, and business records, of Los Angeles area attorney Stanley Fleishman. Includes
files documenting his cases concerned with civil rights of authors, publishers, and distributors.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Fleishman, Stanley--Archives.
Lawyers--United States--Archival resources.
Obscenity (Law)--United States.