Case Name: Ratner v. United States
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1975-10-14
Citations: 423 U.S. 898
Docket Number: No. 74-1282
Parties: Ratner v. United States.
Judges: with whom Mr. Justice Stewart and Mr. Justice Marshall join,
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 423
Pages: 898–900

Head Matter:
No. 74-1282.
Ratner v. United States.

Opinion:
C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.
Mr. Justice Douglas, being of the view, stated in his previous opinions and those of Mr. Justice Black, that any state or federal ban on, or regulation of, obscenity abridges freedom of speech and of the press contrary to the First and Fourteenth Amendments, would grant certiorari and summarily reverse the judgment.
Miller v. California, 413 U. S. 15, 42-47 (1973) (dissenting); Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton, 413 U. S. 49, 70-73 (1973) (dissenting); Memoirs v. Massachusetts, 383 U. S. 413, 426-433 (1966) (concurring in judgment); Ginzburg v. United States, 383 U. S. 463, 491-492 (1966) (dissenting); Roth v. United States, 354 U. S. 476, 508-514 (1957) (dissenting).
Ginzburg v. United States, supra, at 476 (dissenting); Mishkin v. New York, 383 U. S. 502, 515-518 (1966) (dissenting).