Rosen v. United States
Case Date: 05/09/1896
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Not to be confused with United States v. Rosen
Rosen v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 29, 1895
Decided January 27, 1896
Full case name
Lew Rosen v. United States
Citations
161 U.S. 29 (more)
16 S. Ct. 434; 40 L. Ed. 606; 1896 U.S. LEXIS 2135
Holding
The Court upheld the conviction of the defendant to 13 months hard labor and a fine of $1 for allegedly using the United States Postal Service to send material that was deemed "obscene, lewd and lascivious".
Court membership
Chief Justice
Melville Fuller
Associate Justices
Stephen J. Field · John M. Harlan
Horace Gray · David J. Brewer
Henry B. Brown · George Shiras, Jr.
Edward D. White · Rufus W. Peckham
Case opinions
Majority
Harlan, joined by Fuller, Field, Gray, Brewer, Brown, Peckham
Dissent
White, joined by Shiras
Rosen v. United States, 161 U.S. 29 (1896), was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court dealing with the concept of obscenity. In a decision written by Justice Harlan, the Court upheld the conviction of the defendant to 13 months hard labor and a fine of $1 for allegedly using the United States Postal Service to send material that was deemed "obscene, lewd and lascivious".
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