Obscene matter
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 423 U.S. 1068 - Pendleton Et Al. v. California · 1975Most cited · 27 citing opinions
matter, taken as a whole, the predominant appeal of which to the average person, applying contemporary standards, is to prurient interest, i. e. , a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex, or excretion; and is matter which taken as a whole goes substantially beyond customary limits of candor in description or representation of such matters; and is matter which taken as a whole is utterly without redeeming social importance.'
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How often courts cite the case defining “Obscene matter”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Obscene matter” — 27 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.