ABC Interstate Theatres, Inc. v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• declining to exercise the ‘legislative function’ of revising an unconstitutionally vague obscenity statute
• declining to exercise the “legislative function” of revising an unconstitutionally vague obscenity statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• New York v. Ferber
  Supreme Court· 1982-07-02· cited 2,505×
• State v. Indrisano
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-04-05· cited 150×
• Ward v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-09· cited 114×
• State v. Schriver
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-05-17· cited 97×
• Vance v. Lincoln County DPW
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-06-05· cited 73×
• Harris v. MISSISSIPPI REAL ESTATE COM'N
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-10-29· cited 35×
• Star Satellite, Inc., a Mississippi Corp., D/B/A Satellite News, Plaintiff v. City of Biloxi, a Mississippi Municipal Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-01-03· cited 34×
• Richmond v. City of Corinth
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-02-07· cited 31×
• GULF PUB. CO., INC. v. Lee
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-05-25· cited 27×
• State v. Burnham
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-06-21· cited 24×
• Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp. v. State Oil and Gas Bd.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-09-05· cited 22×
• Goldstein v. Allain
  N.D. Mississippi· 1983-07-20· cited 13×
• Fernwood Books and Video v. City of Jackson, Miss.
  S.D. Mississippi· 1984-11-13· cited 2×
• Jacquelyn Richmond v. City of Corinth, Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-07-19
• Jackson Public School District v. Jackson Federation of Teachers and PSRPS
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2023-10-26

Cites

25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court· 1964-03-09· cited 8,531×
• Roth v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1957-06-24· cited 3,255×
• Miller v. California
  Supreme Court· 1973-10-09· cited 3,038×
• Jacobellis v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 1,335×
• United States v. Petrillo
  Supreme Court· 1947-06-23· cited 896×
• A Book Named \John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure\ v. Attorney General of Massachusetts
  Supreme Court· 1966-03-21· cited 892×
• Nash v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1913-06-09· cited 749×
• United States v. Powell
  Supreme Court· 1975-12-09· cited 550×
• Redrup v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1967-05-08· cited 477×
• Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. City of Dallas
  Supreme Court· 1968-04-22· cited 354×
• Kingsley International Pictures Corp. v. Regents of the University
  Supreme Court· 1959-06-29· cited 291×
• Kois v. Wisconsin
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-26· cited 242×
• Newell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1975-01-27· cited 242×
• United States v. Union Supply Co.
  Supreme Court· 1909-11-08· cited 66×
• United States v. Hood
  Supreme Court· 1952-03-31· cited 39×
• Pierce v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1974-05-09· cited 34×
• Holmby Productions, Inc. v. Vaughn
  Supreme Court· 1955-10-24· cited 33×
• Stroud v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1973-08-21· cited 32×
• Papp v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1973-08-06· cited 19×
• Reserve Life Insurance v. Coke
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1966-02-28· cited 14×