Narragansett Steamship Co. v. Ponton

How courts have described this case

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• holding profanity did not constitute indecent language where it was intended to express rage rather than sexual desire
• assessing whether charged language was was “calculat- ed” to corrupt morals or excite libidinous thoughts
• asking stepdaughter under the age of 16 for permission to climb into bed with her communicated indecent language
• asking step-daughter under the age of 16 for permission to climb into bed with her communicated indecent language
• affirming conviction under Article 134, UCMJ, where accused asked his fifteen-year-old step- daughter if he could get in bed with her
• assessing whether charged language was was “calculat- ed” to corrupt morals or excite libidinous thoughts

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).