Watkins v. South Carolina

418 U.S. 911, 94 S. Ct. 3204

• Court: Supreme Court of the United States
• Decided: July 25, 1974
• Docket: 73-1280
• Status: Published

Opinions

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.