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352 U.S. 964

Roth v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 14, 1957

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1957-01-14

Cited by 26 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 1962 · most notably Roth v. United States (1957), United States v. Central Eureka Mining Co. (1958)

20 federal appellate ·

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1461

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1957-01-14

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¶1Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted, limited to questions 1, 2, and 3 presented by the petition for the writ which read as follows:

“1. Does the federal obscenity statute (18 U. S. C. § 1461, 62 Stat. 768, 69 Stat. 183) violate the freedom of speech and freedom of the press guarantees of the First Amendment?
“2. Does the federal obscenity statute (18 U. S. C. § 1461, 62 Stat. 768, 69 Stat. 183) violate the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment?
“3. Does the federal obscenity statute (18 U. S. C. § 1461, 62 Stat. 768, 69 Stat. 183) violate the First, Ninth and Tenth Amendments in that it improperly invades powers reserved to the States and to the people?”
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