Case Name: Watkins v. South Carolina
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1974-07-25
Citations: 418 U.S. 911
Docket Number: No. 73-1280
Parties: Watkins v. South Carolina.
Judges: with whom Mr. Justice Stewart and Mr. Justice Marshall join,
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 418
Pages: 911–915

Head Matter:
July 25, 1974
No. 73-1280.
Watkins v. South Carolina.

Opinion:
Appeal from Sup. Ct. S. C. dismissed for want of substantial federal question. 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 note jurisdiction and reverse the judgment.