Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton

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Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 19, 1972 Decided June 21, 1973
Full case name: Paris Adult Theatre I et al. v. Slaton, District Attorney, et al. Citations: 413 U.S. 49
Holding
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.
Court membership
Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger Associate Justices: William O. Douglas, William J. Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William Rehnquist
Case opinions
Majority by: Burger Joined by: White, Blackmun, Powell, and Rehnquist Dissent by: Douglas Dissent by: 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.

[edit] See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 413