The Supreme Court laid the general foundation for today's approach to obscenity law in what 1950s case?

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In Roth v. United States (1957), the Supreme Court established a definition of obscenity that focused on whether the material appealed to the prurient interest, was patently offensive, and lacked serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. This standard has been refined and modified over the years, but it still provides the basis for obscenity law in the United States. The other cases listed (Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton, Miller v. California, and Pope v. Illinois) were important in shaping the development of obscenity law, but Roth v. United States was the key case that laid the general foundation for the approach used today.

The Supreme Court Laid the General Foundation for Today's Approach