HOME > First Amendment Library > Case   Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton (Doc. #: 71-1051 ) (1973)  [Findlaw] Secondary Link Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton  [Legal Information Institute] Argument Date 10/19/1972 Decided 6/21/1973 Supreme Court Vote 5-4 Note Petition for rehearing denied Oct. 15, 1974 (see 419 U.S. 887) Supreme Court Ruling First Amendment claim denied.   Case Summary & Additional Resources Majority Opinion Burger, C.J. Dissenting Opinion Dougals, J., & Brennan, J. (joined by Stewart, J. & Marshall, J.) Lower Court Georgia Supreme Court Lower Court Ruling First Amendment claim denied Oral Arguments Oral Arguments  [Oyez] Lawyers For Petitioner Robert Eugene Smith For Respondent Thomas E. Moran Briefs For Amicus Charles H. Keating, Jr., pro se, Richard M. Bertsch, James J. Clancy & Albert S. Johnston III filed a brief for Charles H. Keating, Jr. (urging affirmance) News AP, " Attorney general vows to prosecute obscenity cases" (03-02-05) Other Chemerinsky, Erwin, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: PRINCIPLES & POLICIES (2nd ed., 2002), sect. 11.3.4.2, pp. 982-987 Cole, David, "Playing by Pornography's Rules: The Regulation of Sexual Expression," 143 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 111 (1994) Emerson, Thomas, "Pornography & the First Amendment: A Reply to Professor MacKinnon," 3 Yale Law & Policy Review 130 (1985) Koppelman, Andrew, “Does Obscenity Cause Moral Harm?,” 105 Columbia Law Review 1635 (2005) MacKinnon, Catharine, ONLY WORDS (1994) Richards, David A.J., ""Free Speech & Obscenity Law: Toward a Moral Theory of the First Amendment," 123 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 45 (1974) Schauer, Frederick, "Speech and 'Speech' -- Obscenity and 'Obscenity': An Exercise in the Interpretation of Constitutional Language," 67 Georgetown Law Journal 899 (1979) Schauer, Frederick, THE LAW OF OBSCENITY (BNA, 1976) Smolla, Rodney, SMOLLA & NIMMER ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH (1994), sects. 7.03[3] & 7.03[1][a] Strossen, Nadine, DEFENDING PORNOGRAPHY (1995) Tribe, Laurence, AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (2nd ed., 1988), sect. 12-16, pp. 917-919  SEARCH MORE About this site About the First Amendment About the First Amendment Center How to contribute Video/RSS/podcasts First Amendment programs State of the First Amendment reports Religious liberty in public schools First Reports Supreme Court Columnists Experts First Amendment publications 1 for All First Amendment Center history Glossary Freedom Sings™ Events Congressional Research Service reports Guest editorials The First Amendment Library Lesson plans freedomforum.org Newseum Contact us Privacy statement Related links

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