Case Name: FELTON et al. v. CITY OF PENSACOLA
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1968-03-11
Citations: 390 U.S. 340
Docket Number: No. 934
Parties: FELTON et al. v. CITY OF PENSACOLA.
Judges: The Chief Justice would grant the petition and reverse because of the failure of the trial court to adhere to the standard for judging obscenity announced in Roth v. United States, 354 U. S. 476.
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 390
Pages: 340–340

Head Matter:
FELTON et al. v. CITY OF PENSACOLA.
No. 934.
Decided March 11, 1968.
Stanley Fleishman, Sam Rosenwein and Hugh W. Gibert for petitioners.
Dave Catón for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted and the judgment of the District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District, is reversed. Redrup v. New York, 386 U. S. 767.
The Chief Justice would grant the petition and reverse because of the failure of the trial court to adhere to the standard for judging obscenity announced in Roth v. United States, 354 U. S. 476.
Mr. Justice Harlan would affirm the judgment of the state court upon the premises stated in his separate opinion in Roth v. United States, 354 U. S. 476, 496, and his dissenting opinion in Memoirs v. Massachusetts, 383 U. S. 413, 455.