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" Obscene' means that to the average person, applying contemporary standards, the predominant appeal of the matter, taken as a whole, is to prurient interest, ie, a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex, or excretion, which goes substantially beyond... "
Committee Prints - Page 30
by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - 1957
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 431

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1976 - 1102 pages
...(a)(l) (1975), forbids the sale of obscene matter. Section 11-20 (b) defines "obscene" as follows: "A thing is obscene if, considered as a whole, its predominant appeal is to prurient interest, that is, a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex or excretion, and if it goes substantially beyond...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 423

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1977 - 970 pages
...average person, applying contemporary standards, the predominant appeal of the matter, taken as a whole, is to prurient interest, ie, a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex or excretion, which goes substantially beyond customary limits of candor in description or representation of such...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 354

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1957 - 670 pages
...definitions a third, drawn from the American Law Institute's Model Penal Code, Tentative Draft No. 6: "A thing is obscene if, considered as a whole, its predominant appeal is to prurient interest." The bland assurance that this definition is the same as the ones with which we deal flies in the face...
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Mailing of Obscene Matter: Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 1, Committee on ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 1 - Obscenity (Law) - 1958 - 138 pages
...educated and uneducated, the religious and the irreligious — men, women, and children. A thing ia obscene if, considered as a whole, its predominant appeal is to prurient interest, i. e_ a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex, or excretion, and it goes substantially beyond...
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Obscene Matter Sent Through the Mail: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - Obscenity (Law) - 1959 - 62 pages
...definition proposed in the American Law Institute Model Penal Code (sec. 207, 10(2) ) which states: A thing is obscene if, considered as a whole its predominant appeal is to prurient interest and if it goes substantially beyond customary limits of candor in its description or representation...
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Obscene Matter Sent Through the Mail

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - Pornography - 1959 - 76 pages
...decision, substantially reflects the meaning of the term "obscene" as developed by AngloAmerican case law: A thing is obscene if, considered as a whole, its predominant appeal is to prurient interests, ie, a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex, or excretion, and if it goes substantially...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 370

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1962 - 884 pages
...obscenity. Its earlier draft of a Model Penal Code contains the following definition of "obscene": "A thing is obscene if, considered as a whole, its predominant appeal is to • "Obscene libel" ir> English usage simply means obscene material, being derived from libcllus, "little...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 378

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1965 - 636 pages
...American Law Institute, Model Penal Code, Proposed Official Draft (May \, 1962), §251.4(1): "Material is obscene if, considered as a whole, its predominant appeal is to prurient interest . . . and if in addition it goes substantially beyond customary limits of candor in describing or representing...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 383

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1966 - 1186 pages
...obscenity are not synonymous. Obscene material is material which deals with sex in a manner appealing to prurient interest . . . ie, a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex, or excretion . . . ." Id., 487 and n. 20 (emphasis added). The advertisements for these publications, which the...
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Invasions of Privacy (government Agencies): Hearings Before the Subcommittee ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1967 - 2352 pages
...•American Law Institute, Model Penal Code, Proposed Official Draft (May 4, 1962), §251.4(1): "Material is obscene if, considered as a whole, its predominant appeal is to prurient interest . . . and if in addition it goes substantially beyond customary limits of candor in describing or representing...
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