Obscenity Rules: Roth v. United States and the Long Struggle over Sexual Expression

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Obscenity Rules landmark law cases & american society Peter Charles Hoffer N. E. H. Hull Series Editors recent titles in the series: The Detroit School Busing Case, Joyce A. Baugh The DeShaney Case, Lynne Curry The Battle over School Prayer, Bruce J. Dierenfield Fighting Foreclosure: The Blaisdell Case, the Contract Clause, and the Great Depression, John A. Fliter and Derek S. Hoff Little Rock on Trial, Tony A. Freyer One Man Out: Curt Flood versus Baseball, Robert M. Goldman New York Times v. Sullivan: Civil Rights, Libel Law, and the Free Press, Kermit L. Hall and Melvin I. Urofsky The Free Press Crisis of 1800, Peter Charles Hoffer The Treason Trials of Aaron Burr, Peter Charles Hoffer The Woman Who Dared to Vote: The Trial of Susan B. Anthony, N. E. H. Hull Roe v. Wade: The Abortion Rights Controversy in American History, 2nd ed., revised and expanded, N. E. H. Hull and Peter Charles Hoffer Plessy v. Ferguson: Race and Inequality in Jim Crow America, Williamjames Hull Hoffer Gibbons v. Ogden: John Marshall, Steamboats, and the Commerce Clause, Herbert A. Johnson Griswold v. Connecticut, John W. Johnson Gitlow v. New York: Every Idea an Incitement, Marc Lendler Fugitive Slave on Trial: The Anthony Burns Case and Abolitionist Outrage, Earl M. Maltz The Snail Darter Case, Kenneth M. Murchison Capital Punishment on Trial, David M. Oshinsky The Michigan Affirmative Action Cases, Barbara A. Perry The Sodomy Cases, David A. J. Richards The Supreme Court and Tribal Gaming, Ralph A. Rossum Mendez v. Westminster, Philippa Strum The Sleepy Lagoon Murder Case: Race Discrimination and Mexican-American Rights, Mark A. Weitz The Miracle Case, Laura Wittern-Keller and Raymond J. Haberski, Jr. The Zoning of America: Euclid v. Ambler, Michael Allan Wolf Bush v. Gore: Exposing the Hidden Crisis in American Democracy, abridged and updated, Charles L. Zelden For a complete list of titles in the series go to www.kansaspress.ku.edu. whitney strub Obscenity Rules Roth v. United States and the Long Struggle over Sexual Expression university press of kansas © 2013 by the University Press of Kansas All rights reserved Published by the University Press of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas 66045), which was organized by the Kansas Board of Regents and is operated and funded by Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University, Kansas State University, Pittsburg State University, the University of Kansas, and Wichita State University Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Strub, Whitney. Obscenity rules : Roth v. United States and the long struggle over sexual expression / Whitney Strub. p. cm. — (Landmark law cases & American society) Includes bibliographical references and index. eisbn 978-0-7006-1975-7 ( ) 1. Roth, Samuel, 1893–1974—Trials, litigation, etc. 2. United States—Trials, litigation, etc. 3. Trials (Obscenity)—United States. 4. United States. Supreme Court. I. Title. kf224.r68S77 2013 345.73'0274—dc23 2013013472 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data is available. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper used in this publication is recycled and contains 30 percent postconsumer waste. It is acid free and meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials z39.48-1992. e-book ...