[2] A byproduct of the First Amendment, the court had been forced to provide limitations outlining the offense of libel.

After raiding his home, George Rosenbloom was arrested in Philadelphia in October 1963 for distribution of nudist magazines, and a news outlet that reported every half-hour broadcast reported on the arrest of George Rosenbloom using his name when talking about police seizure of "obscene books".

[5] Later stories run by Metromedia excluded Rosenbloom's name, when using language such as "girlie look peddlers" and "smut distributors".

[2] After his acquittal of criminal obscenity charges in May 1964,[1] Rosenbloom filed a suit in the District Court under the Pennsylvania libel law.

Rosenbloom claimed that the depiction of his arrest as well as the description of the books were both proved false from his acquittal as well as defamatory.