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399 U.S. 524 90 Supreme Court Reporter 2241 26 United States Reports Lawyer’s Edition 2d Series KF101.8 U54 782 Melvin Lee HOYT et al.v.MINNESOTA. Number 1544. of the October Term, 1969. June 29, 1970 On Petition for Writ Certiorari to Minnesota. PER CURIAM. 1 The petition a writ certiorari is granted and judgment reversed, Redrup versus New York, 386 767, 87 1414, 18 515. 2 Mr. Justice BLACKMUN, with whom THE CHIEF JUSTICE HARLAN join, dissenting. 3 & N Dec. Immigration Nationality Decisions am not persuaded that First Fourteenth Amendments necessarily prescribe national uniform measure—rather than one capable some flexibility resting on concepts reasonableness—of what each our several constitutionally may do regulate obscene products within its borders. 4 Here Minnesota trial court (just as Ohio did in Walker Ohio, 398 434, 1884, 385 (1970)), endeavored apply standards articulated by this prior cases embodied precisely worded statute, reached conclusion materials question were meaning statutory definition. Six seven Justices State, citing 515 (1967), other decisions Court, have identified offending material 'for it is,' described dealing 'with filth sake filth,' held matter law. 286 Minn. 92, 95, 174 North Western Reporter, 2nd 700, 702. cannot agree those six justices are so obviously misguided their holding they be summarily reversed authority Redrup. 5 At still, me, unsettled stage development state law obscenity federal constitutional context find myself generally accord views expressed Harlan Roth States, 354 476, 496, 500-503, 77 1304, 1498 (1957); Jacobellis 378 184, 203-204, 84 1676, 12 793 (1964); A Book Named 'John Cleland's Memoirs Woman Pleasure' Attorney General Com. Massachusetts, 383 413, 455, 458-460, 86 975, 16 (1966), enunciated Chief Cain Kentucky, 397 319, 1110, 25 335 (1970), supra.

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