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Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton

Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton, 413 U.S. 49 (1973), was a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a state court's injunction against the showing of obscene films in a movie theatre restricted to consenting adults. The court distinguished the case from Stanley v. Georgia, saying that the privacy of the home that was controlling in Stanley was not present in the commercial exhibition of obscene movies in a theatre.

Subsequent developments
The Supreme Court issued its decision on the same day it announced its landmark ruling in Miller v. California. In the Miller decision, the Court articulated a new, three-part test for determining whether material is obscene. The Court subsequently remanded the Paris Adult Theatre I case to the Georgia courts for reconsideration using the newly established Miller standard. On remand, the Georgia Supreme Court applied the Miller test, determined that the films in question were obscene, and ordered the trial court to issue a permanent injunction to prohibit their exhibition. ==See also==
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