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First Amendment Library:
Clarence A. Linn

ROTH v. UNITED STATES, 354 U.S. 476 (1957)

The defendant operated a mail-order business that mailed circulars, advertisements, and a book that the trial court held to be legally obscene and therefore without First Amendment protection.

First Amendment Library:Clarence A. Linn

ROTH v. UNITED STATES, 354 U.S. 476 (1957)

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