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1973 United States Supreme Court case
Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton
Argued October 19, 1972
Decided June 21, 1973
Full case nameParis Adult Theatre I et al., Petitioners, "v." Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Atlanta Judicial Circuit, et al.
Citations413 U.S. 49 (more)
93 S. Ct. 2628; 37 L. Ed. 2d 446
Holding
A civil injunction barring the theatres in question from showing adult films was upheld; however, the State's definitions of obscene material must be re-evaluated in light of recent jurisprudence.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William O. Douglas · William J. Brennan Jr.
Potter Stewart · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
Case opinions
MajorityBurger, joined by White, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist
DissentDouglas
DissentBrennan, joined by Stewart, Marshall

Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton, 413 U.S. 49 (1973), was a case in which the "U."S. Supreme Court upheld a state court's injunction against the showing of obscene films in a movie theatre restricted to consenting adults. The Court distinguished the case from Stanley v. Georgia, saying that the privacy of the home that was controlling in Stanley was not present in the commercial exhibition of obscene movies in a theatre.

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References

  1. ^ Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton, 413 U.S. 49 (1973).
  2. ^ Stanley v. Georgia, 394 U.S. 557 (1969).

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