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| Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton | ||||||
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Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Argued October 19, 1972 Decided June 21, 1973 |
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| Full case name | Paris Adult Theatre I et al., Petitioners, v. Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Atlanta Judicial Circuit, et al. | |||||
| Citations | 413 U.S. 49 (more) | |||||
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| 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. | ||||||
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| Majority | Burger, joined by White, Blackmun, Powell, and Rehnquist | |||||
| Dissent | Douglas | |||||
| Dissent | Brennan, joined by Stewart, Marshall | |||||
Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton, 413 U.S. 49 (1973). 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, 394 U.S. 557 (1969), 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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