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Obscene matter

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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.' Id.