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Adult Film Association of America et al. v. Lucas, U. S. District Judge (Saxbe, Attorney General of the United States, et al., Real Parties in Interest), 1974 — 418 U.S. 954 · caselaw · US
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Adult Film Association of America et al. v. Lucas, U. S. District Judge (Saxbe, Attorney General of the United States, et al., Real Parties in Interest)
418 U.S. 954·Supreme Court of the United States·1974
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Opinion
No. 73-1241.
Adult Film Association of America et al. v. Lucas, U. S. District Judge (Saxbe, Attorney General of the United States, et al., Real Parties in Interest).
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied. Mr. Justice Douglas, being of the view that any federal ban on obscenity is prohibited by the First Amendment (see United States v. 12 200-ft Reels of Film, 413 U. S. 123, 130 (1973) (Douglas, J., dissenting)), would grant certi-orari and reverse the judgment below.