Miller v. California
United States Supreme Court
413 U.S. 15 (1973)
Relevant factsFree
Miller (defendant) conducted a mass mailing campaign advertising sexually explicit books, sending the mailings to recipients who had not requested them, and was convicted under a California statute criminalizing the distribution of obscene material; the court of appeals affirmed his conviction, and the U.S. Supreme Court granted review to define, for the first time, the constitutional boundaries of unprotected obscenity.
IssueFree
Whether a mass mailing depicting sexual acts constitutes obscenity unprotected by the First Amendment.