 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...  Antiobscenity Legislation: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress ... - Page 171by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 3 - 1970 - 1222 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States. Congress. House. Post Office and Civil Service - 1970 - 196 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. * * * "Even on the view of the court below... | |
 | United States. Commission on Obscenity and Pornography - Erotica - 1970 - 652 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. * * * "Even on the view of the court below... | |
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..."(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.... | |
 | United States. Commission on Obscenity and Pornography - Erotica - 1971 - 698 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," emphasizing that the "three elements must... | |
 | Lawrence Barish - Censorship - 1971 - 58 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." In Mishkin v. Mew York, 383 US 502 (1966),... | |
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