People v. Ridens

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• finding that the statutory definition of obscenity in section 11 — 20, which contained the phrases “ ‘appeal to the prurient interest,’ ” “ ‘shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex or excretion,’ ” and “ ‘redeeming social value,’ ” was not unconstitutionally vague

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Cited by

66 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Pope v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1987-05-04· cited 672×
• Ward v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-09· cited 114×
• City of Urbana ex rel. Newlin v. Downing
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1989-05-24· cited 108×
• People v. Burpo
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1995-02-17· cited 93×
• People Ex Rel. Difanis v. Barr
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1980-12-19· cited 67×
• Commonwealth v. MacDonald
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-30· cited 59×
• People v. Anderson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1986-03-19· cited 55×
• People v. Klick
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1977-04-05· cited 51×
• City of Chicago v. Festival Theatre Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1982-06-18· cited 39×
• State v. Manzo
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1977-11-23· cited 36×
• People v. Stromblad
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1978-12-04· cited 31×
• People v. Gould
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1975-01-21· cited 25×
• People v. Ward
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1976-05-14· cited 24×
• Niles Police Department v. Industrial Commission
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1981-01-20· cited 23×
• People v. Pope
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-11-26· cited 22×
• People v. Tannahill
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-06-10· cited 21×
• People v. Jackson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-06-30· cited 21×
• City of Collinsville v. Seiber
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-04-01· cited 18×
• People v. Glass
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-07-26· cited 17×
• People v. Thomas
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-04-07· cited 17×

Cites

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

• Grayned v. City of Rockford
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-26· cited 4,586×
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-25· cited 4,338×
• Brown v. Board of Education
  Supreme Court· 1954-05-17· cited 3,819×
• Cantwell v. Connecticut
  Supreme Court· 1940-05-20· cited 3,669×
• Connally v. General Construction Co.
  Supreme Court· 1926-01-04· cited 3,272×
• Roth v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1957-06-24· cited 3,255×
• Miller v. California
  Supreme Court· 1973-10-09· cited 3,038×
• Hamling v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1974-10-15· cited 2,897×
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson
  Supreme Court· 1958-06-30· cited 2,614×
• Bolling v. Sharpe
  Supreme Court· 1954-05-17· cited 2,385×
• United States v. Harriss
  Supreme Court· 1954-06-07· cited 1,827×
• Bouie v. City of Columbia
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 1,779×
• Cox v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1965-01-18· cited 1,449×
• Lanzetta v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 1939-03-27· cited 1,416×
• Jacobellis v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 1,335×
• Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton
  Supreme Court· 1973-10-09· cited 1,264×
• A Book Named \John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure\ v. Attorney General of Massachusetts
  Supreme Court· 1966-03-21· cited 892×
• United States v. Reidel
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-14· cited 480×
• Watkins v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1957-06-17· cited 466×
• Jenkins v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-24· cited 409×

Other cases named People v. Ridens

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• People v. Ridens
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1972-03-21· cited 42×