 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce - 1968 - 1632 pages
...as a whole appeals to a prurient interest in sex; (b) the material is patently offensive becau.-«e it affronts contemporary community standards relating...description or representation of sexual matters; and (c) the material is utterly without redeeming social value." The Massachusetts court had held that... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1968 - 688 pages
...a prurient interest in sex; (b) the material is patently offensive because it affronts [nationwide] contemporary community standards relating to the description or representation of sexual matters; and (c) the material is utterly without redeeming social value ... LHS-9 The "three elements must coalesce;"'... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Government Operations - 1969 - 50 pages
...(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...description or representation of sexual matters; and (c) the material is utterly without redeeming social value. While there may be some doubt as to whether... | |
 | Elections - 1973 - 914 pages
..."(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...description or representation of sexual matters; and "(c) The material is utterly without redeeming social value." Almost ten years ago, in McCauley v.... | |
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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... 
