Supreme Court of the United States

Kois v. Wisconsin

June 26, 1972408 U.S. 229

Summary

The Supreme Court reversed the Wisconsin convictions of the underground newspaper publisher, holding that both the article with photographs and the poem were protected by the First Amendment. The Court applied the Roth obscenity test and found the dominant theme was not prurient. Justice Douglas filed a concurring opinion expressing concern over the subjectivity of obscenity jurisprudence.