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ROTH v. US, 354 U.S. 476

ROTH v. UNITED STATES, 354 U.S. 476

354 U.S. 476 | 1957-06-24

U.S. Supreme Court

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

354 U.S. 476

ROTH v. UNITED STATES. 

CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. 

No. 582. 

Argued April 22, 1957. 
Decided June 24, 1957. *   

1. In the Roth case, the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. 1461, which makes punishable the mailing of material that is "obscene, lewd, lascivious, or filthy . . . or other publication of an indecent character," and Roth's conviction thereunder for mailing an obscene book and obscene circulars and advertising, are sustained. Pp. 479-494.

2. In the Alberts case, the...