William J. Brennan Jr. in giving the majority opinion of this case which argued that the test to determine a certain quality was "whether to the average person, applying contemporary community (*) standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest."
Citing this case, the Supreme Court accepted the appeal of an eponymous spinoff of the homophile Mattachine Society in One, Inc. v. Olesen. The case of the birth control activist, Mary Ware Dennett, had cited the English case Regina v. Hicklin, which was superseded by this case. William J. Brennan Jr. in giving the majority opinion of this case which argued that the test to determine a certain quality was "whether to the average person, applying contemporary community (*) standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest." Along with Alberts v. California, this case was superseded by a new precedent that required a social value test established by the 1973 case Miller v. California. For 10 points, name this 1957 Supreme Court case that redefined a test for obscenity.
Citing this case, the Supreme Court accepted the appeal of an eponymous spinoff of the homophile Mattachine Society in One, Inc. v. Olesen.
{Roth v. United States} [or {United States v. Roth}]