122 N.J. Super. 409 - State v. Shapiro’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 9 state decisions

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1. “The differences between this formulation [that in Miller ] and the three-pronged Memoirs test are, for the most part, academic. The first element of the Court's test is virtually identical to the Memoirs requirement that `the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole [must appeal] to a prurient interest in sex.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hamar Theatres, Inc. v. Cryan

2. “(a) the dominant theme of which taking the matter as a whole appeals to a prurient interest in sex; (b) is patently offensive because it affronts contemporary community (nation-wide) standards relating to the description or representation of sexual matters; and (c) is utterly without redeeming social value.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hamar Theatres, Inc. v. Cryan

3. “enunciated by the United States Supreme Court is represented by section 1 of chapter 165, laws of 1962, prior to subsequent amendments; and that said subsequent amendments ought to be repealed in order to reestablish a workable definition of”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 123 N.J. Super. 310 - Coleman v. Wilson