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Kois v. Wisconsin, 408 U.S. 229 (1972)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Kois v. Wisconsin, 408 U.S. 229 (1972)
Kois v. Wisconsin No. 71-5625 Decided June 26, 1972 408 U.S. 229
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO
THE SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN
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Petitioner was convicted under an obscenity statute for publishing in his underground newspaper pictures of nudes and a sex poem. The State Supreme Court upheld the conviction as not violative of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Held: In the context in which they appeared, the photographs were rationally related to a news article, in conjunction with which they appeared, and were entitled to Fourteenth Amendment protection. In view of the poem’s content and placement with other poems inside the newspaper, its dominant theme cannot be said to appeal to prurient interest. Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476.
Certiorari granted; 51 Wis.2d 668, 188 N.W.2d 467, reversed.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Kois v. Wisconsin, 408 U.S. 229 (1972) in 408 U.S. 229 Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2NVPQT9L3SQE5RV.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Kois v. Wisconsin, 408 U.S. 229 (1972), in 408 U.S. 229, Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2NVPQT9L3SQE5RV.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Kois v. Wisconsin, 408 U.S. 229 (1972). cited in 1972, 408 U.S. 229. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2NVPQT9L3SQE5RV.
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