Sims v. Dial’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
September 1977
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Younger v. Harris · Aguilar v. Texas · Brinegar v. United States · Spinelli v. United States · Jones v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“focus searchingly on the question of obscenity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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