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... Roth v . United States , the Court held that such laws were constitutional , but it required that they utilize a narrowly restrictive standard of what is " obscene . " 5 The cost to the Post Office Department in fiscal 1968 is estimated ...
... Roth v . United States , the Court held that such laws were constitutional , but it required that they utilize a narrowly restrictive standard of what is " obscene . " 5 The cost to the Post Office Department in fiscal 1968 is estimated ...
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... Roth deci- sion did not rely upon findings or conclusions regarding the effect of sexual materials upon persons who are exposed to them . Rather , the fundamental premise of Roth was that " obscene " materials are not entitled to the ...
... Roth deci- sion did not rely upon findings or conclusions regarding the effect of sexual materials upon persons who are exposed to them . Rather , the fundamental premise of Roth was that " obscene " materials are not entitled to the ...
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... Roth criteria to specific materials requires a great deal of subjective judgment because the criteria refer to emotional , aesthetic and intellectual responses to the material rather than to descriptions of its con- tent . As noted ...
... Roth criteria to specific materials requires a great deal of subjective judgment because the criteria refer to emotional , aesthetic and intellectual responses to the material rather than to descriptions of its con- tent . As noted ...
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... Roth case do not apply to statutes which do not seek to interfere with the right of adults to read or see material of their own choice . In 1967 , in Redrup v . New York the Supreme Court noted that , in contrast with general obscenity ...
... Roth case do not apply to statutes which do not seek to interfere with the right of adults to read or see material of their own choice . In 1967 , in Redrup v . New York the Supreme Court noted that , in contrast with general obscenity ...
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... Roth v . United States , 37 which narrowly formulated the definition of " obscene " 30 E.g. , Mich . Rev. Stat . ( 1846 ) , title XXX , ch . 158 , Section 13 . 5 Stat . 566 , Section 28 . 31 32 33 7 N.Y. Stats . 309 . 13 Stat . 507 . 34 ...
... Roth v . United States , 37 which narrowly formulated the definition of " obscene " 30 E.g. , Mich . Rev. Stat . ( 1846 ) , title XXX , ch . 158 , Section 13 . 5 Stat . 566 , Section 28 . 31 32 33 7 N.Y. Stats . 309 . 13 Stat . 507 . 34 ...
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Page 442 - Hicklin. [L]ater decisions have rejected it and substituted this test: whether to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest.
Page 450 - But implicit in the history of the First ' Amendment is the rejection of obscenity as utterly without redeeming social importance.
Page 447 - It has been well observed that such utterances are no essential part of any exposition of ideas, and are of such slight social value as a step to truth that any benefit that may be derived from them is clearly outweighed by the social interest in order and morality.
Page 448 - Under this definition, as elaborated in subsequent cases, three elements must coalesce: it must be established that (a) the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to a prurient interest in sex; (b) the material is patently offensive because it affronts contemporary community standards relating to the description or representation of sexual matters; and (c) the material is utterly without redeeming social value.
Page 630 - ... be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.
Page 545 - For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light...
Page 631 - ... bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality information suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purpose of this Act; and each such department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, establishment, or instrumentality is authorized and directed to furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Commission, upon request made by the Chairman or Vice Chairman.
Page 454 - ... the business of purveying textual or graphic matter openly advertised to appeal to the erotic interest of their customers.
Page 299 - I think the test of obscenity is this, whether the tendency of the matter charged as obscenity is to deprave and corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall.
Page 314 - State may not constitutionally inhibit the distribution of literary material as obscene unless "(a) the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to a prurient interest in sex; (b) the material is patently offensive because it affronts contemporary community standards relating to the description or representation of sexual matters; and (c) the material is utterly without redeeming social value...