Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Thevis v. United States
418 U.S. 932
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1974-07-25
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- construing 18 USC 1465 [1970]
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 20 opinions
C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Mr. Justice Douglas, being of the view that any federal ban on obscenity is prohibited by the Pirst Amendment (see United States v. 12 200-ft. Reels of Film, 413 U. S. 123, 130 (1973) (Douglas, J., dissenting)), would grant certiorari and reverse the judgment. Reported below: 484 F. 2d 1149.