Case Name: Trinkler v. Alabama
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1974-07-25
Citations: 418 U.S. 917
Docket Number: No. 73-844
Parties: Trinkler v. Alabama.
Judges: with whom Mr. Justice Stewart and Mr. Justice Marshall join,
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 418
Pages: 917–918

Head Matter:
No. 73-844.
Trinkler v. Alabama.

Opinion:
Ct. Crim. App. Ala. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of Hamling v. United States, ante, p. 87, and Jenkins v. Georgia, ante, p. 153. Mr. Justice Douglas, being of the view that any state ban on obscenity is prohibited by the First Amendment, made applicable to the States by the Fourteenth (see Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton, 413 U. S. 49, 70 (1973) (Douglas, J., dissenting)), would grant certio-rari and reverse the judgment.