Price v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that “[a] portrayal of nudity is not, as a matter of law, a sufficient basis for finding that [it] is obscene”
• stating the “portrayal of nudity is not, as a matter of law, a sufficient basis for a finding Page 112 Cite as 29 I&N Dec. 110 (BIA 2025) Interim Decision #4104 that a work is obscene” (citing House, 169 S.E.2d at 577)
• “A portrayal of nudity is not, as a matter of law, a sufficient basis for finding that [it] is obscene.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Commonwealth v. MacDonald
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-30· cited 59×
• Commonwealth v. Horton
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-04-23· cited 58×
• State v. Welke
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1974-03-01· cited 52×
• People v. Neumayer
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1979-02-05· cited 47×
• State v. Manzo
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1977-11-23· cited 36×
• Hart v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-03-22· cited 33×
• West v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-02-13· cited 27×
• State v. MOTION PICTURE ENTITLED\ THE BET\
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1976-03-06· cited 26×
• State v. De Santis
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1974-08-06· cited 26×
• State v. Phillips
  Utah Supreme Court· 1975-09-15· cited 15×
• Allman v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-05-25· cited 13×
• Kent County Prosecutor v. Robert Emmett Goodrich Corp.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1974-05-02· cited 13×
• State v. Henry
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1986-04-09· cited 11×
• State v. Allen & Rosebaugh
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1977-02-25· cited 9×
• Wall Distributors, Inc. v. City of Newport News
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-11-30· cited 9×
• National Capital Naturists, Inc. v. Board of Supervisors
  Fourth Circuit· 1989-06-15· cited 7×
• Prison Legal News v. Stolle
  E.D. Virginia· 2015-03-31· cited 6×
• National Capital Naturists, Inc. v. Board Of Supervisors Of Accomack County, Virginia
  Fourth Circuit· 1989-07-19· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Simone
  Portsmouth County Circuit Court· 2003-10-10· cited 3×
• American Booksellers Ass'n, Inc. v. Schiff
  D. New Mexico· 1986-11-03· cited 2×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Roth v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1957-06-24· cited 3,255×
• Miller v. California
  Supreme Court· 1973-10-09· cited 3,038×
• Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton
  Supreme Court· 1973-10-09· cited 1,264×
• United States v. 12 200-Ft. Reels of Super 8MM. Film
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-21· cited 524×
• United States v. Michael G. Thevis and Peachtree News Company, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1973-11-15· cited 72×
• People v. Enskat
  California Court of Appeal· 1973-08-08· cited 37×
• Easterling v. Walton
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1967-09-08· cited 35×
• House v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1969-09-05· cited 21×
• Price v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1972-06-12· cited 18×
• Alexander v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1972-01-17· cited 10×
• Upton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-11-30· cited 7×