· 2/15/1830
The Fair Play
Citations
- 8 F. Cas. 957
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- affirming that the applicable “community standards” for measur- ing whether language is indecent are those of the military community
- reciting the Article 134, UCMJ, definition of “indecent language” and explaining indecency is contextual
- identifying several factors that could make language indecent, including “fluctuating community standards of morals and manners, the personal relationship existing between a given speaker and his auditor, motive, intent and the probable effect of the communication”
- not- ing that whether language is indecent depends on multiple factors including, inter alia, fluctuating community standards, personal relationships, motive, intent, and probable effect
- “An act of . . . intercourse between consenting adults is not intrinsically indecent.”
- indicating the French test is the test
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Judges: Betts
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