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-	{{Template}}	+	{{Template}}:Obscene materials are defined as those that the average person, applying contemporary community standards, find, taken as a whole, appeal to the prurient interest; that depict or describe, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by applicable state law; and that, taken as a whole, lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
-	'''''Miller v. California''''' (1973) , was an important [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] case involving what constitutes unprotected [[obscenity]] for [[First Amendment]] purposes. The decision reiterated that [[obscenity]] was not protected by the First Amendment and established the [[Miller test|''Miller'' test]] for determining what constituted obscene material.{{GFDL}}	+
		+	'''''Miller v. California''''' ([[1973]]), was an important [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] case involving what constitutes unprotected [[obscenity]] for [[First Amendment]] purposes. The decision reiterated that [[obscenity]] was not protected by the First Amendment and established the [[Miller test|''Miller'' test]] for determining what constituted obscene material.{{GFDL}}

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:Obscene materials are defined as those that the average person, applying contemporary community standards, find, taken as a whole, appeal to the prurient interest; that depict or describe, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by applicable state law; and that, taken as a whole, lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

Miller v. California (1973), was an important United States Supreme Court case involving what constitutes unprotected obscenity for First Amendment purposes. The decision reiterated that obscenity was not protected by the First Amendment and established the Miller test for determining what constituted obscene material.