123 N.J. Super. 310 - Coleman v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
4 district · 7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Roth v. United States · Desist v. United States · Book Named 'John Cleland's Memoirs of Woman of Pleasure' v. Attorney General of Commonwealth of Massachusetts · United States v. Thirty-Seven (37) Photographs · Redrup v. State of New York
Most-quoted passages
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“(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“The intention of the Legislature was to forbid obscene matter to the fullest extent permissible under the First Amendment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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