King v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1950
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
March 1957
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Caudill v. Commonwealth · Nichols v. Commonwealth · Kinnaird v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. Calloway
Most-quoted passages
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“"`* * * The word obscenity cannot be said to be a technical term of the law and is not susceptible of exact definition in its judicial uses, although it has been defined in a general sense as meaning offensive to morality or chastity, indecent, or nasty. * * *'"”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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