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Date: 1964Jacobellis v. Ohio  

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  • The Supreme Court decision in Jacobellis v. Ohio , 378 U.S. 187 (1964), overturned on First Amendment grounds the conviction of a movie theater manager who had been prosecuted for showing a film deemed by Ohio authorities to be obscene. In Cleveland Heights, Ohio, local officials had charged theater manager Nico Jacobellis with obscenity for showing the French movie The Lovers. [Source: Encyclopedia of the First Amendment; Jacobellis v. Ohio]

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  • Date: 1964

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-P9VLN2RL-6

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