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'''The Incident:''' In the case Jacobellis vs. Ohio, the State of Ohio used obscenity law to ban the film. Justice Brennen points out that the film must be utterly without social importance, and Justice Potter Stewart states, " I shall not here today attempt further to define (obscenity)...But I know it when I see it." | '''The Incident:''' In the case Jacobellis vs. Ohio, the State of Ohio used obscenity law to ban the film. Justice Brennen points out that the film must be utterly without social importance, and Justice Potter Stewart states, " I shall not here today attempt further to define (obscenity)...But I know it when I see it." | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' In 1968 the Supreme Court reversed the obscenity conviction of the Ohio theater who exhibited Les Amants. | '''Results of Incident:''' In 1968 the Supreme Court reversed the obscenity conviction of the Ohio theater who exhibited ''Les Amants''. | ||
'''Source:''' New York Public Library, New York City | '''Source:''' New York Public Library, New York City | ||