Miller v. California decision

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation 413 U.S. 15
gptkbp:constitution gptkb:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:criteria Whether the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by state law
Whether the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work appeals to the prurient interest
Whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value
gptkbp:date 1973-06-21
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkb:Potter_Stewart
gptkb:William_J._Brennan,_Jr.
gptkbp:established gptkb:Miller_test
gptkbp:fullName Marvin Miller v. State of California
gptkbp:heldBy States can regulate distribution of obscene materials
Obscene materials are not protected by the First Amendment
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Miller v. California decision
gptkbp:impact Redefined obscenity standards in the United States
gptkbp:legalSubject gptkb:First_Amendment
obscenity
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Byron_White
gptkb:William_Rehnquist
gptkb:Warren_E._Burger
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkb:Lewis_F._Powell,_Jr.
gptkbp:numberOfCases No. 70-73
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:California
gptkbp:overruledBy gptkb:Memoirs_v._Massachusetts
gptkbp:petitioner gptkb:Marvin_Miller
gptkbp:predecessor obscenity law in the United States
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Roth_v._United_States
gptkb:Memoirs_v._Massachusetts
Jenkins v. Georgia
Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton
gptkbp:response gptkb:State_of_California
gptkbp:subject distribution of obscene materials
gptkbp:testEstablished gptkb:Miller_test
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1973_in_American_law
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6