Miller v. California

Supreme Court of the United States

Argued January 18-19, 1972

Reargued November 7, 1972 Decided June 21, 1973

Full case name:	Marvin Miller v. State of California
Citation:	413 U.S. 15 (1973)
Prior history:	Summary affirmation of jury verdict by Appellate Department, Superior Court of California, County of Orange, was unpublished.
Subsequent history:	None.

Holding

Obscene materials are defined as those that the average person, applying contemporary community standards, find, taken as a whole, appeal to the prurient interest; that depict or describe, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by applicable state law; and that, taken as a whole, lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

Court membership

Chief Justice Warren Burger

Associate Justices William Douglas, William Brennan, Potter Stewart, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, Lewis Powell, William Rehnquist

Case opinions

Majority by: Burger

Joined by: White, Blackmun, Powell, and Rehnquist

Dissent by: Douglas

Dissent by: Brennan

Joined by: Stewart, Marshall

Laws applied

U.S. Const. amend. I; Cal. Penal Code 311.2(a)

Discussion[edit]

Miller v. California
; The Supreme Court of the United States
Argued:	January 18-19, 1972
Reargued:	November 7, 1972
Decided:	June 21, 1973
Full case name:	Marvin Miller v. State of California
Case #	{{{case}}}
Citations:	413 U.S. 15 (1973)
Prior History:	Summary affirmation of jury verdict by Appellate Department, Superior Court of California, County of Orange, was unpublished.
	HoldingsObscene materials are defined as those that the average person, applying contemporary community standards, find, taken as a whole, appeal to the prurient interest; that depict or describe, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by applicable state law; and that, taken as a whole, lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
	Court Membership Chief Justice: Warren Burger; Associate Justices: William Douglas, William Brennan, Potter Stewart, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, Lewis Powell, William Rehnquist;
	Case Opinions Majority by: Burger Joined by: White, Blackmun, Powell, and Rehnquist; ; Concurrence by: Douglas; Dissent by: Brennan Joined by: Stewart, Marshall; ;
	Laws AppliedU.S. Const. amend. I; Cal. Penal Code 311.2(a)

I didn't understand wikipedia's infobox language until you created one. My apologies. I think I've got something that is similar to the current ones (I stole the formatting from Roe). It's here, but I can't figure out the QiF formatting necessary to hide blocks if they are unnecessary for an article. Is this possible? --User:Kchase02 (T, C, e) 00:31, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

QIF isn't used anymore in favor of #if, which I will be applying to the template here todayish. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 21:18, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]