United States v. One Book Called Ulysses

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United States v. One Book Called Ulysses is a landmark 1933 U.S. federal court decision that lifted the ban on James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses" and significantly redefined American obscenity law in favor of literary freedom.

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instanceOf U.S. federal court case ⓘ
landmark decision ⓘ
obscenity case ⓘ
alsoKnownAs U.S. v. One Book Called Ulysses ⓘ
appealTo United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ⓘ
appellateCitation 72 F.2d 705 (2d Cir. 1934) ⓘ
appellateDecisionYear 1934 ⓘ
appellateOutcome district court judgment affirmed ⓘ
areaOfLaw First Amendment law ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
literary censorship ⓘ
citation 5 F. Supp. 182 (S.D.N.Y. 1933) ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ⓘ
decisionDate 1933-12-06 ⓘ
defendant One Book Called Ulysses ⓘ
Random House, Inc. ⓘ
linked to: Random House
effect expanded protection for literary freedom ⓘ
lifted U.S. ban on James Joyce’s Ulysses ⓘ
redefined American obscenity law ⓘ
holding The book Ulysses may be admitted into the United States ⓘ
Ulysses is not obscene ⓘ
influenced Memoirs v. Massachusetts ⓘ
Roth v. United States ⓘ
later U.S. obscenity jurisprudence ⓘ
judge John M. Woolsey ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal courts ⓘ
linked to: U.S. federal courts
languageOfOpinion English ⓘ
legalIssue importation of obscene materials ⓘ
obscenity ⓘ
locationOfCourt New York City ⓘ
notableFor protecting modernist literature ⓘ
rejecting purely moralistic standards for obscenity ⓘ
plaintiff United States of America ⓘ
publisherInvolved Random House ⓘ
reasoning honest and sincere treatment of sex is not necessarily obscene ⓘ
isolated passages cannot alone determine obscenity ⓘ
relatedWork Ulysses by James Joyce ⓘ
standardEstablished artistic and literary merit must be considered ⓘ
effect on the average person is relevant to obscenity ⓘ
work must be judged as a whole ⓘ
statuteApplied 19 U.S.C. § 1305 ⓘ
Tariff Act of 1930 ⓘ
subjectOfCourtCase novel Ulysses ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
workAuthorAtIssue James Joyce ⓘ
yearDecided 1933 ⓘ

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Ulysses → courtCaseInUnitedStates → United States v. One Book Called Ulysses ⓘ
subject linked to: James Joyce's Ulysses
United States v. One Book Called Ulysses → holding → Ulysses is not obscene ⓘ
linked to: United States v. One Book Called Ulysses
United States v. One Book Called Ulysses → alsoKnownAs → U.S. v. One Book Called Ulysses ⓘ
linked to: United States v. One Book Called Ulysses
Roth v. United States → overruledPrecedent → United States v. One Book Called Ulysses (to the extent inconsistent with new standard) ⓘ
linked to: United States v. One Book Called Ulysses
Lady Chatterley's Lover was subject to obscenity trials → hasNotableCase → United States v. One Book Called Ulysses (contextual comparison) ⓘ
linked to: United States v. One Book Called Ulysses
Ulysses (serialization) → associatedWithLegalCase → United States v. One Book Called Ulysses ⓘ
Ulysses → legalCase → United States v. One Book Called Ulysses ⓘ
John M. Woolsey → notableWork → United States v. One Book Called Ulysses ⓘ
John M. Woolsey → legalCase → United States v. One Book Called Ulysses (1933) ⓘ
linked to: United States v. One Book Called Ulysses