The Supreme Court applies the Roth test for obscenity to movies in Jacobellis v. Ohio. Movies can now only be judged “as a whole.”
Jacobellis v. Ohio

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The Supreme Court applies the Roth test for obscenity to movies in Jacobellis v. Ohio. Movies can now only be judged “as a whole.”
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