Prurient interest
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 414 U.S. 951 - Procaccini v. Jones · 1973Most cited · 131 citing opinions
a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex, or excretion, which goes substantially beyond customary limits of candor in description or representation of such matters.
How often courts cite the case defining “Prurient interest”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Prurient interest” — 131 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.