Wilhoit v. United States

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• holding that Stanley’s tolerance of obscenity within the privacy of the home created no “correlative right to receive it, transport it, or distribute it”
• holding that Stanley’s right to private possession of obscene material does not give rise to an independent First Amendment right to transport such materials in interstate commerce
• noting that 18 U.S.C. § 1462 prohibits transportation of obscene material in interstate commerce
• recognizing Stanley has firmly established the right to possess obscene material in the privacy of the home but rejecting the argument that Stanley creates a correlative right to receive, transport, or distribute obscene materials in interstate commerce
• upholding prohibition of transportation in interstate commerce of obscene materials by common carrier, whether for private or commercial purposes
• rejecting “the idea that some zone of constitutionally protected privacy follows such material when it is moved outside the home area protected by Stanley ”

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