John Doe v. Rollins College

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How courts have described this case

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• holding that where a statute imposes criminal.penalties, the standard of certainty involved in vagueness review is higher
• holding that \indecent\ magazines are as much entitled to the protection of free speech as the best of literature
• holding that defendant was chargeable with knowledge of subsequent court decision interpreting statute
• noting that an individual is “chargeable with knowledge of the scope of subsequent interpretation” of a statute
• noting that an individual is “chargeable with knowledge of the scope of subsequent interpretation” of a statute
• observing that speech that is entertainment is also protected by the First Amendment because “[t]he line between the informing and the entertaining is too elusive for the protection of that basic right”

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