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11 Maryland opinions name it 2 courts 1961–1981 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Maryland courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (7)

CaseFollowedCited
Jacobellis v. Ohiogreen
scotus · 1964 · cited in 4 Maryland opinions naming this issue, 1969–1981
2 sentences

1971The Roth Test The standard we are to apply was recited initially in Roth v. United States and Alberts v. California, 354 U.S. 476 , reiterated in Jacobellis v. Ohio, supra , elaborated in Ginzburg v. United States, 383 U.S. 463 , adjusted in Mishkin v. New York, supra , and summarized in A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General (the Fanny Hill decision), 383 U.S. 413 .

1971The Roth Test The standard we are to apply was recited initially in Roth v. United States and Alberts v. California, 354 U.S. 476 , reiterated in Jacobellis v. Ohio, supra , elaborated in Ginzburg v. United States, 383 U.S. 463 , adjusted in Mishkin v. New York, supra , and summarized in A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General (the Fanny Hill decision), 383 U.S. 413 .

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Roth v. United Statesgreen
scotus · 1957 · cited in 4 Maryland opinions naming this issue, 1962–1971
2 sentences

1971The Roth Test The standard we are to apply was recited initially in Roth v. United States and Alberts v. California, 354 U.S. 476 , reiterated in Jacobellis v. Ohio, supra , elaborated in Ginzburg v. United States, 383 U.S. 463 , adjusted in Mishkin v. New York, supra , and summarized in A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General (the Fanny Hill decision), 383 U.S. 413 .

1971The Roth Test The standard we are to apply was recited initially in Roth v. United States and Alberts v. California, 354 U.S. 476 , reiterated in Jacobellis v. Ohio, supra , elaborated in Ginzburg v. United States, 383 U.S. 463 , adjusted in Mishkin v. New York, supra , and summarized in A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General (the Fanny Hill decision), 383 U.S. 413 .

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Dunn v. Maryland State Board of Censorsgreen
md · 1965 · cited in 2 Maryland opinions naming this issue, 1973–1974
2 sentences

1974Thus, Judge Hammond said for the Court in Dunn ( 240 Md. at 254 ): “We hold that the right and power of the Board to ban films as ‘obscene’ or as tending ‘to debase or corrupt morals’ under Sec. 6 of Art. 66A extends only to motion pictures which are obscene under the Roth test referred to and paraphrased in Trans-Lux and in this opinion.

1974Thus, Judge Hammond said for the Court in Dunn ( 240 Md. at 254 ): “We hold that the right and power of the Board to ban films as ‘obscene’ or as tending ‘to debase or corrupt morals’ under Sec. 6 of Art. 66A extends only to motion pictures which are obscene under the Roth test referred to and paraphrased in Trans-Lux and in this opinion.

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Hewitt v. Maryland State Board of Censorsgreen
md · 1969 · cited in 2 Maryland opinions naming this issue, 1969–1973
2 sentences

1969Certainly in a prosecution which, as here, does not necessarily imply suppression of the. materials involved, the fact that they originate or are used as a subject of pandering is relevant to the application of the Roth test.” ( 383 U. S. at 470 , 86 S. Ct. at 947 , 16 L.Ed.2d at 38 ) We cited and followed Ginzburg in Sanza v. Maryland State Board of Censors, 245 Md. 319 , 226 A. 2d 317 (1967) and recently in Hewitt v. Maryland State Board of Censors, 254 M!d. 179, 193-95, 254 A. 2d 203, 210-211 (1969), involving the motion picture “Odd Tastes.” The pandering of sex in the present case is not

1969Certainly in a prosecution which, as here, does not necessarily imply suppression of the. materials involved, the fact that they originate or are used as a subject of pandering is relevant to the application of the Roth test.” ( 383 U. S. at 470 , 86 S. Ct. at 947 , 16 L.Ed.2d at 38 ) We cited and followed Ginzburg in Sanza v. Maryland State Board of Censors, 245 Md. 319 , 226 A. 2d 317 (1967) and recently in Hewitt v. Maryland State Board of Censors, 254 M!d. 179, 193-95, 254 A. 2d 203, 210-211 (1969), involving the motion picture “Odd Tastes.” The pandering of sex in the present case is not

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Al Harlib, Evelyn Diamond, Intervening v. James T. Lynn, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Developmentgreen
ca7 · 1975 · cited in 1 Maryland opinions naming this issue, 1976–1976
2 sentences

1976In two of these cases, the courts have taken the position that the tenants’ interest in not having their rent increased does not amount to a “property” right for procedural due process purposes, Harlib v. Lynn, supra, 511 F. 2d at 55 (“The statutes creating the . . . [subsidized] housing program do not confer upon tenants such an ‘entitlement’ to low rental rates that would invoke *295 procedural due process requirements.”); People’s Rights Organization v. Bethlehem Associates, supra, 856 F. Supp. at 418 (“... we entertain a substantial doubt that a tenant in a federally assisted housing proje

1976In two of these cases, the courts have taken the position that the tenants’ interest in not having their rent increased does not amount to a “property” right for procedural due process purposes, Harlib v. Lynn, supra, 511 F. 2d at 55 (“The statutes creating the . . . [subsidized] housing program do not confer upon tenants such an ‘entitlement’ to low rental rates that would invoke *295 procedural due process requirements.”); People’s Rights Organization v. Bethlehem Associates, supra, 856 F. Supp. at 418 (“... we entertain a substantial doubt that a tenant in a federally assisted housing proje

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Stanley v. Georgiagreen
scotus · 1969 · cited in 1 Maryland opinions naming this issue, 1969–1969
2 sentences

1969I might add that, as we observed in the Hewitt case, supra ( 254 Md. at 195 , 254 A. 2d at 211 ), Mr. Justice Marshall in the recent case of Stanley v. Georgia, 394 U. S. 557, 568 , 89 S. Ct. 1243, 1249-50 , 22 L.Ed.2d 542, 551 (decided April 7, 1969), seems to equate the cases subsequent to the decision in Roth as continuing the Roth test as he stated, for the Supreme Court: “Roth and the cases following that decision are not impaired by today’s holding.

1969I might add that, as we observed in the Hewitt case, supra ( 254 Md. at 195 , 254 A. 2d at 211 ), Mr. Justice Marshall in the recent case of Stanley v. Georgia, 394 U. S. 557, 568 , 89 S. Ct. 1243, 1249-50 , 22 L.Ed.2d 542, 551 (decided April 7, 1969), seems to equate the cases subsequent to the decision in Roth as continuing the Roth test as he stated, for the Supreme Court: “Roth and the cases following that decision are not impaired by today’s holding.

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Levine v. Morelandgreen
md · 1962 · cited in 1 Maryland opinions naming this issue, 1965–1965
2 sentences

1965In Levine v. Moreland, 229 Md. 231, 236 , which also dealt with “Tropic of Cancer,” we said that since “* * * the issue of obscenity was clearly a disputed question of fact, we agree with the appellants that the lower court should not have decided it on the motion for summary judgment.” (The trial judge had ruled that after reading the book he was capable of deciding the critical questions under the Roth rule without the aid of other evidence.) We reiterated the rule that the allegedly obscene material “* * * must in every case be perused and examined with care by the trier of facts * * *,” bu

1965In Levine v. Moreland, 229 Md. 231, 236 , which also dealt with “Tropic of Cancer,” we said that since “* * * the issue of obscenity was clearly a disputed question of fact, we agree with the appellants that the lower court should not have decided it on the motion for summary judgment.” (The trial judge had ruled that after reading the book he was capable of deciding the critical questions under the Roth rule without the aid of other evidence.) We reiterated the rule that the allegedly obscene material “* * * must in every case be perused and examined with care by the trier of facts * * *,” bu

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Also cited on this issue (22)

CaseCitedYears
Monfred v. Maryland green
scotus · 1962
2 sentences

1981In Monfred v. State, 226 Md. 312 (1961), cert. denied, 368 U.S. 953 (1962), the Court of Appeals adopted and engrafted into the Maryland obscenity statute the Roth test — at least, it said (p. 323), "until the Supreme Court specifically speaks further in this uncertain area.” See also Yudkin v. State, 229 *157 Md. 223 (1962), and Levin v. State, 1 Md.

1981In Monfred v. State, 226 Md. 312 (1961), cert. denied, 368 U.S. 953 (1962), the Court of Appeals adopted and engrafted into the Maryland obscenity statute the Roth test — at least, it said (p. 323), "until the Supreme Court specifically speaks further in this uncertain area.” See also Yudkin v. State, 229 *157 Md. 223 (1962), and Levin v. State, 1 Md.

21962–1981
Monfred v. State green
md · 1961
2 sentences

1981In Monfred v. State, 226 Md. 312 (1961), cert. denied, 368 U.S. 953 (1962), the Court of Appeals adopted and engrafted into the Maryland obscenity statute the Roth test — at least, it said (p. 323), "until the Supreme Court specifically speaks further in this uncertain area.” See also Yudkin v. State, 229 *157 Md. 223 (1962), and Levin v. State, 1 Md.

1981In Monfred v. State, 226 Md. 312 (1961), cert. denied, 368 U.S. 953 (1962), the Court of Appeals adopted and engrafted into the Maryland obscenity statute the Roth test — at least, it said (p. 323), "until the Supreme Court specifically speaks further in this uncertain area.” See also Yudkin v. State, 229 *157 Md. 223 (1962), and Levin v. State, 1 Md.

21962–1981
Kingsley International Pictures Corp. v. Regents of the University green
scotus · 1959
2 sentences

1965The cases of Kingsley Int'l Pictures Corp. v. Regents of Univ. of N.Y., 360 U.S. 684 , 3 L.Ed.2d 1512 , and Roth and Jacobellis, following Winters v. New York, 333 U.S. 507 , 92 L.Ed. 840 , and Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson, 343 U.S. 495 , 96 L.Ed. 1098 , make it manifest that only material which is obscene under the Roth test can be censored or suppressed by a state, and that a state may not effectively substitute its definition of what is obscene for the Roth definition.

1965The cases of Kingsley Int'l Pictures Corp. v. Regents of Univ. of N.Y., 360 U.S. 684 , 3 L.Ed.2d 1512 , and Roth and Jacobellis, following Winters v. New York, 333 U.S. 507 , 92 L.Ed. 840 , and Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson, 343 U.S. 495 , 96 L.Ed. 1098 , make it manifest that only material which is obscene under the Roth test can be censored or suppressed by a state, and that a state may not effectively substitute its definition of what is obscene for the Roth definition.

21965–1974
Winters v. New York green
scotus · 1948
2 sentences

1965The cases of Kingsley Int'l Pictures Corp. v. Regents of Univ. of N.Y., 360 U.S. 684 , 3 L.Ed.2d 1512 , and Roth and Jacobellis, following Winters v. New York, 333 U.S. 507 , 92 L.Ed. 840 , and Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson, 343 U.S. 495 , 96 L.Ed. 1098 , make it manifest that only material which is obscene under the Roth test can be censored or suppressed by a state, and that a state may not effectively substitute its definition of what is obscene for the Roth definition.

1965The cases of Kingsley Int'l Pictures Corp. v. Regents of Univ. of N.Y., 360 U.S. 684 , 3 L.Ed.2d 1512 , and Roth and Jacobellis, following Winters v. New York, 333 U.S. 507 , 92 L.Ed. 840 , and Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson, 343 U.S. 495 , 96 L.Ed. 1098 , make it manifest that only material which is obscene under the Roth test can be censored or suppressed by a state, and that a state may not effectively substitute its definition of what is obscene for the Roth definition.

21965–1974
Sanza v. Maryland State Board of Censors green
md · 1967
2 sentences

1969Certainly in a prosecution which, as here, does not necessarily imply suppression of the. materials involved, the fact that they originate or are used as a subject of pandering is relevant to the application of the Roth test.” ( 383 U. S. at 470 , 86 S. Ct. at 947 , 16 L.Ed.2d at 38 ) We cited and followed Ginzburg in Sanza v. Maryland State Board of Censors, 245 Md. 319 , 226 A. 2d 317 (1967) and recently in Hewitt v. Maryland State Board of Censors, 254 M!d. 179, 193-95, 254 A. 2d 203, 210-211 (1969), involving the motion picture “Odd Tastes.” The pandering of sex in the present case is not

1969Certainly in a prosecution which, as here, does not necessarily imply suppression of the. materials involved, the fact that they originate or are used as a subject of pandering is relevant to the application of the Roth test.” ( 383 U. S. at 470 , 86 S. Ct. at 947 , 16 L.Ed.2d at 38 ) We cited and followed Ginzburg in Sanza v. Maryland State Board of Censors, 245 Md. 319 , 226 A. 2d 317 (1967) and recently in Hewitt v. Maryland State Board of Censors, 254 M!d. 179, 193-95, 254 A. 2d 203, 210-211 (1969), involving the motion picture “Odd Tastes.” The pandering of sex in the present case is not

21969–1974
Trans-Lux Distributing Corp. v. Maryland State Board green
md · 1965
2 sentences

1973Upon finding that decisions of the Supreme Court made it “manifest that only material which is obscene under the Roth test can be censored or suppressed by a state, and that a state may not effectively substitute its definition of what is obscene for the Roth definition,” the Court held “that the right and power of the Board to ban films [and views] 10 as ‘obscene’ or as tending ‘to debase or corrupt morals’ under Sec. 6 of Art. 66A extend only to motion pictures [or views] which are obscene under the Roth test referred to and paraphrased in Trans-Lux [Distributing Corp. v. Board of Censors, 2

1973Upon finding that decisions of the Supreme Court made it “manifest that only material which is obscene under the Roth test can be censored or suppressed by a state, and that a state may not effectively substitute its definition of what is obscene for the Roth definition,” the Court held “that the right and power of the Board to ban films [and views] 10 as ‘obscene’ or as tending ‘to debase or corrupt morals’ under Sec. 6 of Art. 66A extend only to motion pictures [or views] which are obscene under the Roth test referred to and paraphrased in Trans-Lux [Distributing Corp. v. Board of Censors, 2

21973–1974
A Book Named \John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure\" v. Attorney General of Massachusetts" green
scotus · 1966
2 sentences

1971The Roth Test The standard we are to apply was recited initially in Roth v. United States and Alberts v. California, 354 U.S. 476 , reiterated in Jacobellis v. Ohio, supra , elaborated in Ginzburg v. United States, 383 U.S. 463 , adjusted in Mishkin v. New York, supra , and summarized in A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General (the Fanny Hill decision), 383 U.S. 413 .

1971The Roth Test The standard we are to apply was recited initially in Roth v. United States and Alberts v. California, 354 U.S. 476 , reiterated in Jacobellis v. Ohio, supra , elaborated in Ginzburg v. United States, 383 U.S. 463 , adjusted in Mishkin v. New York, supra , and summarized in A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General (the Fanny Hill decision), 383 U.S. 413 .

21969–1971
Mishkin v. New York green
scotus · 1966
2 sentences

1971The Roth Test The standard we are to apply was recited initially in Roth v. United States and Alberts v. California, 354 U.S. 476 , reiterated in Jacobellis v. Ohio, supra , elaborated in Ginzburg v. United States, 383 U.S. 463 , adjusted in Mishkin v. New York, supra , and summarized in A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General (the Fanny Hill decision), 383 U.S. 413 .

1971The Roth Test The standard we are to apply was recited initially in Roth v. United States and Alberts v. California, 354 U.S. 476 , reiterated in Jacobellis v. Ohio, supra , elaborated in Ginzburg v. United States, 383 U.S. 463 , adjusted in Mishkin v. New York, supra , and summarized in A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General (the Fanny Hill decision), 383 U.S. 413 .

21969–1971
Ginzburg v. United States green
scotus · 1966
2 sentences

1971The Roth Test The standard we are to apply was recited initially in Roth v. United States and Alberts v. California, 354 U.S. 476 , reiterated in Jacobellis v. Ohio, supra , elaborated in Ginzburg v. United States, 383 U.S. 463 , adjusted in Mishkin v. New York, supra , and summarized in A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General (the Fanny Hill decision), 383 U.S. 413 .

1971The Roth Test The standard we are to apply was recited initially in Roth v. United States and Alberts v. California, 354 U.S. 476 , reiterated in Jacobellis v. Ohio, supra , elaborated in Ginzburg v. United States, 383 U.S. 463 , adjusted in Mishkin v. New York, supra , and summarized in A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General (the Fanny Hill decision), 383 U.S. 413 .

21969–1971
Levin v. State green
mdctspecapp · 1967
2 sentences

1981In Monfred v. State, 226 Md. 312 (1961), cert. denied, 368 U.S. 953 (1962), the Court of Appeals adopted and engrafted into the Maryland obscenity statute the Roth test — at least, it said (p. 323), "until the Supreme Court specifically speaks further in this uncertain area.” See also Yudkin v. State, 229 *157 Md. 223 (1962), and Levin v. State, 1 Md.

1981In Monfred v. State, 226 Md. 312 (1961), cert. denied, 368 U.S. 953 (1962), the Court of Appeals adopted and engrafted into the Maryland obscenity statute the Roth test — at least, it said (p. 323), "until the Supreme Court specifically speaks further in this uncertain area.” See also Yudkin v. State, 229 *157 Md. 223 (1962), and Levin v. State, 1 Md.

11981–1981
Levin v. Maryland green
scotus · 1968
2 sentences

1981App. 139 (1967), cert. denied, 247 Md. 740 , cert. denied, 389 U.S. 1048 .

1981App. 139 (1967), cert. denied, 247 Md. 740 , cert. denied, 389 U.S. 1048 .

11981–1981
Hewitt v. Maryland State Board of Censors green
md · 1970
2 sentences

1973See Sanza v. Maryland Board of Censors, supra; Hewitt v. Maryland Board of Censors, 254 Md. 179 ; Wagonheim v. Maryland Board of Censors, 255 Md. 297 ; Hewitt v. Maryland Board of Censors, 256 Md. 358 ; Village Books v. State’s Attorney, 263 Md. 76 , cert. granted by the Supreme *314 Court of the United States; judgment vacated 25 June 1973 and cause remanded for further consideration in light of Miller, et al.; judgment reinstated and reaffirmed by order of Court of Appeals of 10 October 1973.

1973See Sanza v. Maryland Board of Censors, supra; Hewitt v. Maryland Board of Censors, 254 Md. 179 ; Wagonheim v. Maryland Board of Censors, 255 Md. 297 ; Hewitt v. Maryland Board of Censors, 256 Md. 358 ; Village Books v. State’s Attorney, 263 Md. 76 , cert. granted by the Supreme *314 Court of the United States; judgment vacated 25 June 1973 and cause remanded for further consideration in light of Miller, et al.; judgment reinstated and reaffirmed by order of Court of Appeals of 10 October 1973.

11973–1973
Village Books, Inc. v. State's Attorney green
md · 1973
2 sentences

1973See Sanza v. Maryland Board of Censors, supra; Hewitt v. Maryland Board of Censors, 254 Md. 179 ; Wagonheim v. Maryland Board of Censors, 255 Md. 297 ; Hewitt v. Maryland Board of Censors, 256 Md. 358 ; Village Books v. State’s Attorney, 263 Md. 76 , cert. granted by the Supreme *314 Court of the United States; judgment vacated 25 June 1973 and cause remanded for further consideration in light of Miller, et al.; judgment reinstated and reaffirmed by order of Court of Appeals of 10 October 1973.

1973See Sanza v. Maryland Board of Censors, supra; Hewitt v. Maryland Board of Censors, 254 Md. 179 ; Wagonheim v. Maryland Board of Censors, 255 Md. 297 ; Hewitt v. Maryland Board of Censors, 256 Md. 358 ; Village Books v. State’s Attorney, 263 Md. 76 , cert. granted by the Supreme *314 Court of the United States; judgment vacated 25 June 1973 and cause remanded for further consideration in light of Miller, et al.; judgment reinstated and reaffirmed by order of Court of Appeals of 10 October 1973.

11973–1973
Wagonheim v. Maryland State Board of Censors green
md · 1969
2 sentences

1973See Sanza v. Maryland Board of Censors, supra; Hewitt v. Maryland Board of Censors, 254 Md. 179 ; Wagonheim v. Maryland Board of Censors, 255 Md. 297 ; Hewitt v. Maryland Board of Censors, 256 Md. 358 ; Village Books v. State’s Attorney, 263 Md. 76 , cert. granted by the Supreme *314 Court of the United States; judgment vacated 25 June 1973 and cause remanded for further consideration in light of Miller, et al.; judgment reinstated and reaffirmed by order of Court of Appeals of 10 October 1973.

1973See Sanza v. Maryland Board of Censors, supra; Hewitt v. Maryland Board of Censors, 254 Md. 179 ; Wagonheim v. Maryland Board of Censors, 255 Md. 297 ; Hewitt v. Maryland Board of Censors, 256 Md. 358 ; Village Books v. State’s Attorney, 263 Md. 76 , cert. granted by the Supreme *314 Court of the United States; judgment vacated 25 June 1973 and cause remanded for further consideration in light of Miller, et al.; judgment reinstated and reaffirmed by order of Court of Appeals of 10 October 1973.

11973–1973
Donnenberg v. State green
mdctspecapp · 1967
2 sentences

1970It is not surprising that Mr. Justice Black observed: "No one, including this Court, can know what is and what is not constitutionally obscene * * * under this Court's rulings." [3] In any event it is the Roth test, as set out according to our understanding of it in Donnenberg v. State, 1 Md.

1970It is not surprising that Mr. Justice Black observed: "No one, including this Court, can know what is and what is not constitutionally obscene * * * under this Court's rulings." [3] In any event it is the Roth test, as set out according to our understanding of it in Donnenberg v. State, 1 Md.

11970–1970
Redrup v. New York green
scotus · 1967
2 sentences

1969Even in the case of Redrup v. New York, 386 U. S. 767 , 87 S. Ct. 1414 , 18 L.Ed.2d 515 (1967) — discussed at some length by us in the recent Hewitt case, supra— the per curiam opinion of the Supreme Court was careful to state that the necessity of meeting the three point test was one held only by certain justices in Memoirs, and did not cite the three point test as the test of the Supreme Court.

1969Even in the case of Redrup v. New York, 386 U. S. 767 , 87 S. Ct. 1414 , 18 L.Ed.2d 515 (1967) — discussed at some length by us in the recent Hewitt case, supra— the per curiam opinion of the Supreme Court was careful to state that the necessity of meeting the three point test was one held only by certain justices in Memoirs, and did not cite the three point test as the test of the Supreme Court.

11969–1969
No. 569 green
ca2 · 1968
2 sentences

1969This conclusion is indirectly of some importance in the present case because of the statement in the concurring opinion of Circuit Judge Friendly in the Second Circuit case: “If the governing rule were still what Mr. Justice Brennan stated in Roth v. United States, 354 U. S. 476, 489 , 77 S. Ct. 1304 , 1 L.Ed.2d 1498 (1957), namely ‘whether to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest,’ I might well join Chief Judge Lumbard for affirmance.” ( 404 F. 2d at 200 ) As I have concluded that the gov

1969This conclusion is indirectly of some importance in the present case because of the statement in the concurring opinion of Circuit Judge Friendly in the Second Circuit case: “If the governing rule were still what Mr. Justice Brennan stated in Roth v. United States, 354 U. S. 476, 489 , 77 S. Ct. 1304 , 1 L.Ed.2d 1498 (1957), namely ‘whether to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest,’ I might well join Chief Judge Lumbard for affirmance.” ( 404 F. 2d at 200 ) As I have concluded that the gov

11969–1969
Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson green
scotus · 1952
2 sentences

1965The cases of Kingsley Int'l Pictures Corp. v. Regents of Univ. of N.Y., 360 U.S. 684 , 3 L.Ed.2d 1512 , and Roth and Jacobellis, following Winters v. New York, 333 U.S. 507 , 92 L.Ed. 840 , and Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson, 343 U.S. 495 , 96 L.Ed. 1098 , make it manifest that only material which is obscene under the Roth test can be censored or suppressed by a state, and that a state may not effectively substitute its definition of what is obscene for the Roth definition.

1965The cases of Kingsley Int'l Pictures Corp. v. Regents of Univ. of N.Y., 360 U.S. 684 , 3 L.Ed.2d 1512 , and Roth and Jacobellis, following Winters v. New York, 333 U.S. 507 , 92 L.Ed. 840 , and Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson, 343 U.S. 495 , 96 L.Ed. 1098 , make it manifest that only material which is obscene under the Roth test can be censored or suppressed by a state, and that a state may not effectively substitute its definition of what is obscene for the Roth definition.

11965–1965
Yudkin v. State green
md · 1962
2 sentences

1965In Yudkin v. State, 229 Md. 223, 227-28 , Yudkin appealed his conviction for selling an obscene book (“Tropic of Cancer”), and we reversed because expert testimony as to the status of the book under the Roth test was excluded by the trial court.

1965In Yudkin v. State, 229 Md. 223, 227-28 , Yudkin appealed his conviction for selling an obscene book ("Tropic of Cancer"), and we reversed because expert testimony as to the status of the book under the Roth test was excluded by the trial court.

11965–1965
Mounce v. United States green
scotus · 1957
2 sentences

1961And, in a fifth case, Mounce v. United States, 355 U. S. 180 (1957), the government having made a “confession of error” that the test used by the court of appeals was “materially different” from the Roth test, the judgment below was reversed and remanded to the district court for consideration in the light of Roth.

1961And, in a fifth case, Mounce v. United States, 355 U. S. 180 (1957), the government having made a “confession of error” that the test used by the court of appeals was “materially different” from the Roth test, the judgment below was reversed and remanded to the district court for consideration in the light of Roth.

11961–1961
Sunshine Book Co. v. Summerfield green
scotus · 1958
2 sentences

1961In the third reversal, Sunshine Book Co. v. Summerfield, 355 U. S. 372 (1958), another case involving the mailing of a magazine—Sunshine & Health—a copy of the publication was also not included in the printed record, but it is a “nudist” type magazine—a representative copy of which is included in the transcript in the instant case—in which, although the nudist way of life is advocated and the pictures show the genital areas of the body, there is nothing obscene in the text of the magazine.

1961In the third reversal, Sunshine Book Co. v. Summerfield, 355 U. S. 372 (1958), another case involving the mailing of a magazine—Sunshine & Health—a copy of the publication was also not included in the printed record, but it is a “nudist” type magazine—a representative copy of which is included in the transcript in the instant case—in which, although the nudist way of life is advocated and the pictures show the genital areas of the body, there is nothing obscene in the text of the magazine.

11961–1961
People v. Richmond County News, Inc. green
ny · 1961
2 sentences

1961It may well be that the Supreme Court will in time (assuming it has not already done so) declare that only “hardcore pornography” is not protected by the constitution, as a majority of four of the Court of Appeals of New York (in two opinions—the latter concurring in the result reached in the former—each of which was concurred in by one other judge) did recently in construing the meaning of the obscenity statute of that State in People v. Richmond County News, Inc., 175 N. E. 2d 681 (N. Y. 1960), involving the sale and distribution of the magazine Gent, when, in discarding the Roth test, it ad

1961It may well be that the Supreme Court will in time (assuming it has not already done so) declare that only “hardcore pornography” is not protected by the constitution, as a majority of four of the Court of Appeals of New York (in two opinions—the latter concurring in the result reached in the former—each of which was concurred in by one other judge) did recently in construing the meaning of the obscenity statute of that State in People v. Richmond County News, Inc., 175 N. E. 2d 681 (N. Y. 1960), involving the sale and distribution of the magazine Gent, when, in discarding the Roth test, it ad

11961–1961

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