9 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 309 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from A Book Named \John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure\" v. Attorney General of Massachusetts".
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Book Named \John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure\" v. Attorney General of Massachusetts" Anchor | green | “john cleland's memoirs of a woman of pleasure” | 97 |
| 2 | Miller v. California | green | “the average person, applying contemporary community standards” | 85 |
| 3 | Roth v. United States | green | “whether to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest.” | 55 |
| 4 | A Book Named \John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure\" v. Attorney General of Massachusetts" | green | “utterly without redeeming social value” | 28 |
| 5 | Kois v. Wisconsin | green | “the average person, applying contemporary community standards” | 13 |
| 6 | A Book Named \John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure\" v. Attorney General of Massachusetts" | green | “(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 utt…” | 12 |
| 7 | Miller v. California | green | “it is neither realistic nor constitutionally sound to read the first amendment as requiring that the people of maine or mississippi accept public depiction of conduct found tolerable in las vegas, or new york city.” | 12 |
| 8 | Jacobellis v. Ohio | green | “contemporary community standards” | 4 |
| 9 | Kois v. Wisconsin | green | “to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.