Paris Adult Theatre I et al. v. Slaton, District Attorney, et al.

Decided June 21, 1973. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 71-1051 · 413 U.S. 49 (1973) · Cited 1,264 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
• Stanley v. Georgia · 394 U.S. 557 (1969)
• A Book Named \John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure\" v. Attorney General of Massachusetts" · 383 U.S. 413 (1966)
• United States v. Reidel · 402 U.S. 351 (1971)
• Jacobellis v. Ohio · 378 U.S. 184 (1964)
• Redrup v. New York · 386 U.S. 767 (1967)
• Ginsberg v. New York · 390 U.S. 629 (1968)
• Ginzburg v. United States · 383 U.S. 463 (1966)
• Smith v. California · 361 U.S. 147 (1959)
• Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. City of Dallas · 390 U.S. 676 (1968)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Eisenstadt v. Baird · 405 U.S. 438 (1972)
• United States v. Thirty-Seven (37) Photographs · 402 U.S. 363 (1971)
• Blount v. Rizzi · 400 U.S. 410 (1971)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Kingsley Books, Inc. v. Brown · 354 U.S. 436 (1957)
• Mishkin v. New York · 383 U.S. 502 (1966)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390 (1923)
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• Cohen v. California · 403 U.S. 15 (1971)
• Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan · 372 U.S. 58 (1963)
• Breard v. Alexandria · 341 U.S. 622 (1951)
• Beauharnais v. Illinois · 343 U.S. 250 (1952)
• Kingsley International Pictures Corp. v. Regents of the University · 360 U.S. 684 (1959)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · 401 U.S. 402 (1971)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Bowers v. Hardwick · 478 U.S. 186 (1986)
• Jenkins v. Georgia · 418 U.S. 153 (1974)
• Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc. · 501 U.S. 560 (1991)
• Hamling v. United States · 418 U.S. 87 (1974)
• Erznoznik v. City of Jacksonville · 422 U.S. 205 (1975)
• Osborne v. Ohio · 495 U.S. 103 (1990)
• Pope v. Illinois · 481 U.S. 497 (1987)
• Smith v. United States · 431 U.S. 291 (1977)
• Fort Wayne Books, Inc. v. Indiana · 489 U.S. 46 (1989)
• New York v. Ferber · 458 U.S. 747 (1982)
• Whalen v. Roe · 429 U.S. 589 (1977)
• Marks v. United States · 430 U.S. 188 (1977)
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. · 427 U.S. 50 (1976)
• Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, Inc. · 472 U.S. 491 (1985)
• Sable Communications of California, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 492 U.S. 115 (1989)
• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · 418 U.S. 323 (1974)
• United States v. Raddatz · 447 U.S. 667 (1980)
• Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 557 (1980)
• Wood v. Georgia · 450 U.S. 261 (1981)
• Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn. · 436 U.S. 447 (1978)
• Carey v. Brown · 447 U.S. 455 (1980)
• Consolidated Edison Co. of New York v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 530 (1980)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation · 438 U.S. 726 (1978)
• Hudgens v. National Labor Relations Board · 424 U.S. 507 (1976)
• Jacobson v. United States · 503 U.S. 540 (1992)
• Alexander v. United States · 509 U.S. 544 (1993)
• Maryland v. MacOn · 472 U.S. 463 (1985)
• Arcara v. Cloud Books, Inc. · 478 U.S. 697 (1986)
• Ballew v. Georgia · 435 U.S. 223 (1978)
• Burch v. Louisiana · 441 U.S. 130 (1979)

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