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Felton v. City of Pensacola

FELTON Et Al. v. CITY OF PENSACOLA

Felton v. City of Pensacola, 390 U.S. 340 (1968)
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Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided
March 11, 1968
Docket
No. 934
Judges
Harlan
Citations
390 U.S. 34088 S. Ct. 109819 L. Ed. 2d 12201968 U.S. LEXIS 2227
Cited by 29

Opinion — Per Curiam

Per Curiam.

The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted and the judgment of the District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District, is reversed.

Redrup v. New York, 386 U. S. 767 .

The Chief Justice would grant the petition and reverse because of the failure of the trial court to adhere to the standard for judging obscenity announced in Roth v. United States, 354 U. S. 476 .

Mr. Justice Harlan would affirm the judgment of the state court upon the premises stated in his separate opinion in Roth v. United States, 354 U. S. 476, 496 , and his dissenting opinion in Memoirs v. Massachusetts, 383 U. S. 413, 455 .

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1969: 31970: 101971: 61972: 81973: 11975: 119692026peak 1970 · 10

Relies on it most ⓘ

  1. Grand Rapids City Attorney v. Bloss169 N.W.2d 367 (Mich. Ct. App. 1970)
  2. Vernon Walker Huffman v. United States, Dennis Eugene Pryba v. United States470 F.2d 386 (D.C. Cir. 1972)
  3. State v. Hoyt174 N.W.2d 700 (Minn. 1970)
  4. Meyer v. Austin319 F. Supp. 457 (M.D. Fla. 1970)
  5. United States v. Herman L509 F.2d 368 (D.C. Cir. 1975)
  6. State v. Carlson192 N.W.2d 421 (Minn. 1971)

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  1. United States v. Herman L509 F.2d 368 (D.C. Cir. 1975)
  2. Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton413 U.S. 49 (1973)
  3. City of Rochester v. Carlson202 N.W.2d 632 (Minn. 1972)
  4. State v. Carlson202 N.W.2d 640 (Minn. 1972)
  5. State v. Hoelscher202 N.W.2d 640 (Minn. 1972)
  6. People v. Bloss201 N.W.2d 806 (Mich. 1972)

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Authorities cited 3

DepthCaseCited by
Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 (1957) 2,473
A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney Gen. of Mass., 383 U.S. 413 (1966) 656
Redrup v. New York, 386 U.S. 767 (1967) 334

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