United States obscenityimportation prohibitionprivacy stanley limits

United States v. 12 200-ft. Reels of Film

413 U.S. 123 (1973)

JurisdictionUnited States

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

Year1973

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Doctrinal subject: the grounds that he intended the material for his personal use in the privacy of his own home, an activity the Court had ruled was protected under the…

Area of Law

Constitutional / Public Law

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