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Boyd v. Ohio, 1974 — 418 U.S. 954 · caselaw · US
Constitutional Law · MBE-tested
Boyd v. Ohio
418 U.S. 954·Supreme Court of the United States·1974
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Opinion
No. 73-1339.
Boyd v. Ohio.
[MAJORITY]
Ct. App. Ohio, Allen County. Certiorari denied. Mr. Justice Douglas, being of the view that any state ban on obscenity is prohibited by the First Amendment, made applicable to the States by the Fourteenth (see Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton, 413 U. S. 49, 70 (1973) (Douglas, J., dissenting)), would grant certiorari and reyerse the judgment.