Case: Divine, Sheriff v. Amato
Abbreviation: Divine v. Amato
Decision Date: 1974-11-18
Docket Number: No. 74-218
Citation: 419 U.S. 1014
Volume: 419
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Divine, Sheriff v. Amato.
Judges: Mr. Justice Brennan, Mr. Justice Stewart, and Mr. Justice Marshall would affirm the judgment.
Pages: 1014–1015

Head Matter:
No. 74-218.
Divine, Sheriff v. Amato.

Opinion:
Appeal
from C. A. 7th Cir. Judgment vacated and case remanded for further consideration in light of Hamling v. United States, 418 U. S. 87 (1974), and the decision of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin in State ex rel. Chobot v. Circuit Court, 61 Wis. 2d 354, 212 N. W. 2d 690 (1973). Mr. Justice Douglas, being of the view that any state or federal ban on, or regulation of, obscenity is prohibited by the Constitution, Roth v. United States, 354 U. S. 476, 508-514 (Douglas, J., dissenting); Miller v. California, 413 U. S. 15, 42-47 (Douglas, J., dissenting); Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton, 413 U. S. 49, 70-73 (Douglas, J., dissenting), and that the Constitution prohibits retroactive application of judicially improvised obscenity standards, Miller v. California, supra, at 37-42, would affirm the judgment below.
Mr. Justice Brennan, Mr. Justice Stewart, and Mr. Justice Marshall would affirm the judgment.