U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene.
John Munro Woolsey (January 3, 1877 – May 4, 1945) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was known "for his brilliant and poignantly phrased decisions", including several important precedents in First Amendment jurisprudence.