...The Roth Court explained the derivation and importance of the community standards test as follows: "The early leading standard of obscenity allowed material...standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest. The Hicklin test, judging obscenity by the effect of isolated...

...the Court. excerpt upon particularly susceptible persons. Regina v. Hicklin, [1868] LR 3 QB 360.24 Some American courts adopted this standard " but later...standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest.28 The Hicklin test, judging obscenity by the effect of isolated...

...susceptible persons. Regina v. Hicklin, [1868] LR 3 QB 360.24 Some American courts adopted this standard M but later decisions have rejected it and substituted...standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest.26 The Hicklin test, judging obscenity by the effect of isolated...

...susceptible persons. Regina v. Hicklin, [1868] LR 3 QB 360.24 Some American courts adopted this standard 25 but later decisions have rejected it and substituted...standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest.26 The Hicklin test, judging obscenity by the effect of isolated...

...formuated by the modern American cases are proper and may be expressed as follows: The test of obscenity is whether, to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the questioned material, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest. These standards make the concept...

...particularly susceptible persons" does not pertain ix' American law, and we have adopted the standard "whether to the average person, applying contemporary...standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appears to prurient interest." The Court went on to say in the Roth case, '.'The Hicklin...

...established standards in accordance with which the definition must be applied in the following statement : whether to the average person, applying contemporary...standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest. (354 US 476 (1957), 489.) This formula expressly provides...

...by the modern American cases are proper and may be expressed as follows : The test of obscenity is whether, to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the questioned material, taken as a •whole, appeals to prurient interest. These standards make the concept...

...formulated by the modern American cases are proper and may be expressed is follows: The test of obscenity is whether, to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the questioned material, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest. These standards make the concept...

...determination that certain matter is obscene necessarily entails a finding of fact. The test for obscenity is "whether to the average person, applying contemporary...standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest." Roth v. US (354 US 476). As in a criminal proceeding, there...