prurient-appeal requirement
Defined in 1 dictionary — Case Law
Definitions from Case Law
From 383 U.S. 502 - Mishkin v. State of New York · 1966Most cited · 851 citing opinions
Where the material is designed for and primarily disseminated to a clearly defined deviant sexual group, rather than the public at large, the prurient-appeal requirement of the Roth test is satisfied if the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to the prurient interest in sex of the members of that group.