| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - 1957 - 834 strani
...authorities who are responsible for enforcing antiobscenity laws. The test which the Court approved is: "whether to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interests." The American Law Institute's tentative draft,... | |
| United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1957 - 670 strani
...(c) The standard for judging obscenity, adequate to withstand the charge of constitutional infirmity, is whether, to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest. Pp. 488-189. (d) In these cases, both trial... | |
| United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1957 - 668 strani
...(c) The standard for judging obscenity, adequate to withstand the charge of constitutional infirmity, is whether, to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest. Pp. 488-489. (d) In these cases, both trial... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 1 - 1958 - 138 strani
...material as that "which deals with sex in a manner appealing to prurient interest" ; it held that the test is "whether to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest." This definition and test appears broad enough... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - 1959 - 76 strani
...authorities who are responsible for enforcing antiobscenity laws. The test which the Court approved is: "whether to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interests." The American Law Institute's tentative draft,... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - 1959 - 110 strani
...Roth case apparently accepted a definition of obscenity which says that it should be considered as to whether to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest. My question is, Do you feel that we should... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Subcommittee on Postal Operations of the Post Office and Civil Service Committee - 1960 - 70 strani
...lecherous, dissolute, sensual, debauched, impure, salacious, or pornographic. "Obscene" means that to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest. "Person" means any individual, partnership,... | |
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