Roy B. Flemming is a professor emeritus in the department of political science at Texas A&M University. He has written or co-written eight books.
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Grove Press v. Gerstein (1964)
Grove Press v. Gerstein rejected a ban of Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer, one of the most censored books in history, by saying it had some redeeming literary value.
Lee Art Theatre v. Virginia (1968)
Lee Art Theatre v. Virginia (1968) ruling that a warrant to seize obscene film based on a police officer’s personal observations violated the First Amendment.
Public Nudity
Public nudity is typically banned as a matter of regulating morals. Only recently has the Supreme Court considered public nudity in terms of First Amendment freedom of expression.
Rabe v. Washington (1972)
Rabe v. Washington (1972) overturned on First Amendment grounds the conviction of a drive-in theater manager who had been convicted under anti-obscenity laws.
Rabeck v. New York (1968)
Rabeck v. New York (1968) dealt with First Amendment protection of explicit material and overturned the obscenity conviction of a man charged with selling "girlie" magazines.
Swearingen v. United States (1896)
The First Amendment case Swearingen v. United States (1896) overturned the conviction of a newspaper publisher who mailed a newspaper with an allegedly obscene article.
Teitel Film Corp. v. Cusack (1968)
In Teitel Film Corp. v. Cusack (1968) didn’t address the censorship and First Amendment issues but dealt with the administrative details of America’s censorship regime.
Times Film Corp. v. City of Chicago (1961)
In Times Film Corp. v. City of Chicago (1961) ruled that requiring film exhibitors to apply for licenses before showing their motion pictures did not violate the First Amendment.