| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - 1957 - 834 Seiten
...modern American cases are proper and may be expressed as follows: The test of obscenity is whether, to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the questioned material, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest. These standards make the concept... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 1 - 1958 - 138 Seiten
...susceptible persons" does not pertain ix' American law, and we have adopted the standard "whether to the average person, applying contemporary community...standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appears to prurient interest." The Court went on to say in the Roth case, '.'The Hicklin... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - 1959 - 76 Seiten
...modern American cases are proper and may be expressed is follows: The test of obscenity is whether, to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the questioned material, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest. These standards make the concept... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - 1959 - 152 Seiten
...modern American cases are proper and may be expressed as follows : The test of obscenity is whether, to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the questioned material, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest. These standards make the concept... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations - 1964 - 1626 Seiten
...frequently overturned by the courts. The courts have developed a test for obscenity. It is whether to the average person applying contemporary community...the material taken as a whole apPeals to prurient interests. The courts and many of our citizens believe that administrative determinations hy the Postmaster... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. District of Columbia - 1964 - 860 Seiten
...obscenity as declared by the Supreme Court of the United States is whet her the matter: • * * to the average person, applying contemporary community...the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient iBt,-rr-Kt (Knth \. US, *>4 US 476 (1947)). Justice Brennan, who wrote the majority opinion in the... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee - 1964 - 770 Seiten
...frequently overturned by the courts. The courts have developed a test for obscenity. It is whether to the average person applying contemporary community...the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interests. The courts and many of our citizens believe that administrative determinations by the Postmaster... | |
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