Ratner v. United States

423 U.S. 898

• Court: Supreme Court of the United States
• Decided: November 3, 1975
• Docket: 74-1282
• Status: Published

Opinions

C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Mr. Justice Douglas, being of the view, stated in his previous opinions¹ and those of Mr. Justice Black,² that any state or federal ban on, or regulation of, obscenity abridges freedom of speech and of the press contrary to the First and Fourteenth Amendments, would grant certiorari and summarily reverse the judgment.

1 Miller v. California, 413 U. S. 15, 42-47 (1973) (dissenting); Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton, 413 U. S. 49, 70-73 (1973) (dissenting); Memoirs v. Massachusetts, 383 U. S. 413, 426-433 (1966) (concurring in judgment); Ginzburg v. United States, 383 U. S. 463, 491-492 (1966) (dissenting); Roth v. United States, 354 U. S. 476, 508-514 (1957) (dissenting).

2 Ginzburg v. United States, supra, at 476 (dissenting); Mishkin v. New York, 383 U. S. 502, 515-518 (1966) (dissenting).