Miller test for obscenity
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The Miller test for obscenity is a three-part legal standard established by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973 to determine whether speech or expression is legally obscene and therefore not protected by the First Amendment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Miller test for obscenity canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22358177 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Miller test for obscenity Context triple: [Roth test for obscenity, predecessorOf, Miller test for obscenity]
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A.
Roth test for obscenity
The Roth test for obscenity is a legal standard established by the U.S. Supreme Court to determine whether material is obscene and therefore not protected by the First Amendment.
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B.
Obscene Articles Tribunal
The Obscene Articles Tribunal is a specialized judicial body in Hong Kong responsible for classifying and adjudicating matters related to obscene and indecent publications and materials.
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C.
"Howl" obscenity trial
The "Howl" obscenity trial was a landmark 1957 U.S. court case that tested the limits of literary free speech by challenging whether Allen Ginsberg’s poem "Howl" was legally obscene, ultimately affirming its protection under the First Amendment.
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D.
Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell
Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell is a landmark 1988 U.S. Supreme Court case that strengthened First Amendment protections for parody and satire by ruling that public figures cannot recover damages for emotional distress without showing false statements made with actual malice.
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E.
Censura Forensis
Censura Forensis is a significant 17th-century legal treatise by Dutch jurist Simon van Leeuwen that systematically analyzes and critiques contemporary civil and canon law.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Miller test for obscenity Target entity description: The Miller test for obscenity is a three-part legal standard established by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973 to determine whether speech or expression is legally obscene and therefore not protected by the First Amendment.
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A.
Roth test for obscenity
The Roth test for obscenity is a legal standard established by the U.S. Supreme Court to determine whether material is obscene and therefore not protected by the First Amendment.
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B.
Obscene Articles Tribunal
The Obscene Articles Tribunal is a specialized judicial body in Hong Kong responsible for classifying and adjudicating matters related to obscene and indecent publications and materials.
-
C.
"Howl" obscenity trial
The "Howl" obscenity trial was a landmark 1957 U.S. court case that tested the limits of literary free speech by challenging whether Allen Ginsberg’s poem "Howl" was legally obscene, ultimately affirming its protection under the First Amendment.
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D.
Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell
Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell is a landmark 1988 U.S. Supreme Court case that strengthened First Amendment protections for parody and satire by ruling that public figures cannot recover damages for emotional distress without showing false statements made with actual malice.
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E.
Censura Forensis
Censura Forensis is a significant 17th-century legal treatise by Dutch jurist Simon van Leeuwen that systematically analyzes and critiques contemporary civil and canon law.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.