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History of Obscenity: “I know it when I see it” – Jacobellis v. Ohio 60 years later
One of the most well-known court phrases of all time comes from the Supreme Court obscenity trial Jacobellis v. Ohio (1964) against theater operator Nico Jacobellis (pictured above) for screening the 1958 French drama “Les Amants” (or “The Lovers”) in his small movie theater. On the question of defining “hard-core Read more…