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State v. Mueller

Citations

  • 671 P.2d 1351
  • 66 Haw. 616
  • 1983 Haw. LEXIS 157

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding no privacy right to engage in prostitution in one's home
  • A freedom protected under the constitution must “be one ‘ranked as fundamental’ in the concept of liberty that underlies our society.”
  • “large segment of society undoubtedly regards prostitution as immoral and degrading, and the self-destructive or debilitating nature of the practice, at least for the prostitute, is often given as a reason for outlawing it”
  • no protected right to sexual activities for hire within the home
  • no protected right to sexual activities for hire within the home

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Lum, Nakamura, Padgett, Hayashi, Wakatsuki

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