Roth test for obscenity
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The Roth test for obscenity is a legal standard established by the U.S. Supreme Court to determine whether material is obscene and therefore not protected by the First Amendment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roth test for obscenity canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5879122 — 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: Roth test for obscenity Context triple: [opinion in Ginzburg v. United States, relatedDoctrine, Roth test for obscenity]
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A.
Lemon test
The Lemon test is a three-pronged legal standard used by U.S. courts to determine whether a government action violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
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B.
"Howl" obscenity trial
The "Howl" obscenity trial was a landmark 1957 U.S. court case that tested the limits of literary free speech by challenging whether Allen Ginsberg’s poem "Howl" was legally obscene, ultimately affirming its protection under the First Amendment.
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C.
Censura Forensis
Censura Forensis is a significant 17th-century legal treatise by Dutch jurist Simon van Leeuwen that systematically analyzes and critiques contemporary civil and canon law.
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D.
Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser
Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser is a 1986 U.S. Supreme Court case that held public schools may discipline students for lewd or indecent speech, distinguishing such expression from the protected political speech recognized in Tinker.
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E.
Immorality Act
The Immorality Act was a key apartheid-era South African law that criminalized sexual relations between people classified as belonging to different racial groups.
- 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: Roth test for obscenity Target entity description: The Roth test for obscenity is a legal standard established by the U.S. Supreme Court to determine whether material is obscene and therefore not protected by the First Amendment.
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A.
Lemon test
The Lemon test is a three-pronged legal standard used by U.S. courts to determine whether a government action violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
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B.
"Howl" obscenity trial
The "Howl" obscenity trial was a landmark 1957 U.S. court case that tested the limits of literary free speech by challenging whether Allen Ginsberg’s poem "Howl" was legally obscene, ultimately affirming its protection under the First Amendment.
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C.
Censura Forensis
Censura Forensis is a significant 17th-century legal treatise by Dutch jurist Simon van Leeuwen that systematically analyzes and critiques contemporary civil and canon law.
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D.
Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser
Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser is a 1986 U.S. Supreme Court case that held public schools may discipline students for lewd or indecent speech, distinguishing such expression from the protected political speech recognized in Tinker.
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E.
Immorality Act
The Immorality Act was a key apartheid-era South African law that criminalized sexual relations between people classified as belonging to different racial groups.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legal test
ⓘ
obscenity standard ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
books
ⓘ
magazines ⓘ obscenity ⓘ other expressive materials ⓘ |
| basedOnDecision | Roth v. United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consequenceOfFindingObscene | material not protected by the First Amendment ⓘ |
| decidingCourt | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defines | when material is legally obscene ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
whether material is utterly without redeeming social importance
ⓘ
whether the average person would find the dominant theme appeals to prurient interest ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | first modern Supreme Court attempt to define obscenity under the First Amendment ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier common law obscenity doctrines ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| legalArea |
freedom of speech
ⓘ
freedom of the press ⓘ |
| legalSystem | United States constitutional law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partiallyOverruledBy | Miller v. California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | Miller test for obscenity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
obscene material
ⓘ
prurient interest ⓘ redeeming social importance ⓘ |
| relatedToAmendment | First Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Miller test NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardType | national standard ⓘ |
| status | superseded standard ⓘ |
| stillCitedFor | historical development of obscenity law in the United States ⓘ |
| usedInCase | Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 (1957) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearEstablished | 1957 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Roth test for obscenity Description of subject: The Roth test for obscenity is a legal standard established by the U.S. Supreme Court to determine whether material is obscene and therefore not protected by the First Amendment.
Referenced by (1)
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