The case is about the police seizing copies of the film "Deep Throat," which were declared obscene by the court. The plaintiffs filed a lawsuit to stop the enforcement of the California obscenity statute and declared it unconstitutional. The District Court considered if the statute was constitutional, and the three-judge court ordered the return of the seized copies and declared the statute unconstitutional. However, the lower court erred in adding parties and four conspiracy counts. The case was appealed to the Supreme Court.
The most relevant facts to the court's analysis are the constitutionality of the California obscenity statute, multiple seizures of the film, and the bad faith of the authorities.
Hicks v. Miranda (1975)
Supreme Court of the United States
422 U.S. 332, 45 L. Ed. 2d 223, 95 S. Ct. 2281, 1975 U.S. LEXIS 7, SCDB 1974-134
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