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Legal Citation: 413 U.S. 49 (1973)

Petitioner
Paris Adult Theatre, et al.

Respondent
Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, et al.

Petitioner's Claim
That the adult films that they were showing were protected under First Amendment Rights.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Thomas E. Moran

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Robert Eugene Smith

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Warren E. Burger (writing for the Court), Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
William J. Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart, Thurgood Marshall, William O. Douglas

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
21 June 1973

Decision
The Court ruled that obscene films did not automatically get First Amendment protection simply because they are shown for adults...