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