Miller v. California
E425626
Miller v. California is a landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that redefined the legal test for obscenity and allowed greater regulation of pornographic materials.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Miller v. California canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4267639 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Miller v. California Context triple: [United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court, hasNotableCase, Miller v. California]
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A.
Bridges v. California
Bridges v. California is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly expanded First Amendment protections by limiting the power of courts to punish out-of-court publications as contempt.
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B.
Whitney v. California
Whitney v. California was a 1927 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a conviction under a state criminal syndicalism law and became historically significant for Justice Brandeis’s influential concurrence on free speech before later being overruled.
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C.
Miller v. Johnson
Miller v. Johnson is a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case that further developed the doctrine on racial gerrymandering and the Equal Protection Clause in legislative redistricting.
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D.
Rochin v. California
Rochin v. California is a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court case that held evidence obtained by methods that "shock the conscience," such as forcibly pumping a suspect’s stomach, violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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E.
Cantwell v. Connecticut
Cantwell v. Connecticut is a 1940 U.S. Supreme Court case that first applied the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause to the states, striking down a state law that improperly restricted religious proselytizing.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Miller v. California Target entity description: Miller v. California is a landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that redefined the legal test for obscenity and allowed greater regulation of pornographic materials.
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A.
Bridges v. California
Bridges v. California is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly expanded First Amendment protections by limiting the power of courts to punish out-of-court publications as contempt.
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B.
Whitney v. California
Whitney v. California was a 1927 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a conviction under a state criminal syndicalism law and became historically significant for Justice Brandeis’s influential concurrence on free speech before later being overruled.
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C.
Miller v. Johnson
Miller v. Johnson is a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case that further developed the doctrine on racial gerrymandering and the Equal Protection Clause in legislative redistricting.
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D.
Rochin v. California
Rochin v. California is a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court case that held evidence obtained by methods that "shock the conscience," such as forcibly pumping a suspect’s stomach, violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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E.
Cantwell v. Connecticut
Cantwell v. Connecticut is a 1940 U.S. Supreme Court case that first applied the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause to the states, striking down a state law that improperly restricted religious proselytizing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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landmark obscenity case ⓘ |
| arguedDate | 1972-01-18 ⓘ |
| chiefJusticeAtDecision | Warren E. Burger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citation | 413 U.S. 15 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted | First Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| createdTest | Miller test NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1973-06-21 ⓘ |
| effect |
allowed greater regulation of pornographic materials by states
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redefined the constitutional definition of obscenity ⓘ |
| fullName | Miller v. California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holding |
Obscenity is to be determined by applying contemporary community standards, not national standards
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The First Amendment does not protect obscene materials from regulation by the states ⓘ The trier of fact must determine whether the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work appeals to the prurient interest ⓘ The trier of fact must determine whether the work depicts or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way as defined by state law ⓘ The trier of fact must determine whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority |
Byron White
NERFINISHED
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Harry A. Blackmun NERFINISHED ⓘ Lewis F. Powell Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Potter Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ Thurgood Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ William H. Rehnquist NERFINISHED ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ William O. Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| languageOfProceedings | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
communications law
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constitutional law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Warren E. Burger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modifiedPrecedent | Roth v. United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatingCourt | California state court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overruledPrecedentInPart | Memoirs v. Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| petitioner | Marvin Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rearguedDate | 1972-10-18 ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Memoirs v. Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
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Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton NERFINISHED ⓘ Roth v. United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| respondent | State of California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardEstablished | three-part obscenity test ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
First Amendment
NERFINISHED
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freedom of speech ⓘ obscenity ⓘ pornography regulation ⓘ |
| volume | 413 ⓘ |
| year | 1973 ⓘ |
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Subject: Miller v. California Description of subject: Miller v. California is a landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that redefined the legal test for obscenity and allowed greater regulation of pornographic materials.
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