Case Name: Roth v. United States
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1957-01-14
Citations: 352 U.S. 964
Docket Number: No. 582
Parties: Roth v. United States.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 352
Pages: 964–964

Head Matter:
No. 582.
Roth v. United States.
David von G. Albrecht, David P. Siegel and Peter Belsito for petitioner. Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Olney and Beatrice Rosenberg for the United States.

Opinion:
Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted, limited to questions 1, 2, and 3 presented by the petition for the writ which read as follows:
"1. Does the federal obscenity statute (18 U. S. C. § 1461, 62 Stat. 768, 69 Stat. 183) violate the freedom of speech and freedom of the press guarantees of the First Amendment?
"2. Does the federal obscenity statute (18 U. S. C. § 1461, 62 Stat. 768, 69 Stat. 183) violate the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment?
"3. Does the federal obscenity statute (18 U. S. C. § 1461, 62 Stat. 768, 69 Stat. 183) violate the First, Ninth and Tenth Amendments in that it improperly invades powers reserved to the States and to the people?"