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Legal Citation: 418 U.S. 153 (1974)

Appellant
Billy Jenkins

Appellee
State of Georgia

Appellant's Claim
That he had been wrongfully convicted under a Georgia state obscenity statute that had made it illegal for him to show the film Carnal Knowledge.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Louis Nizer

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Tony H. Hight

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Warren E. Burger, William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist (writing for the Court), Potter Stewart, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
24 June 1974

Decision
That the film Carnal Knowledge was not obscene under the constitutional standards that the Court had recently...