Samuel Roth

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Samuel Roth was an American publisher and bookseller best known for his role in landmark obscenity and free-speech legal battles, including the Supreme Court case Roth v. United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bookseller
obscenity case litigant
person
publisher
causeOfNotability being a defendant in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court obscenity case
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
countryOfOrigin Austro-Hungarian Empire NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Jews
surface form: Jewish people
fieldOfWork bookselling
literature
obscenity law
publishing
gender male
genre controversial literature
erotic literature
hasLegalIssue obscenity prosecution in the United States
influenced development of the U.S. Supreme Court obscenity standard
later First Amendment jurisprudence on obscenity
knownFor challenging U.S. postal obscenity regulations
mailing and distributing allegedly obscene materials
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalArea First Amendment law
obscenity regulation
legalCase Roth v. United States NERFINISHED
movement free speech movement in the United States
name Samuel Roth NERFINISHED
notableFor Roth v. United States NERFINISHED
free speech legal battles
obscenity law controversies
publishing controversial literature
notableWork Banned in Boston NERFINISHED
Jews Must Live NERFINISHED
occupation bookseller
publisher
writer
participantIn Roth v. United States NERFINISHED
United States obscenity law litigation
placeOfBirth Austro-Hungarian Empire NERFINISHED
positionHeld bookstore owner
magazine publisher
residence New York City
subjectOf historical studies of American censorship
scholarship on free speech and obscenity law

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Roth v. United States petitioner Samuel Roth