Legal Opinion
State v. Kois
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 29, 1971No. State 69, 70PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHallows, C. J.
These are the first cases in which this court has considered alleged obscene material in a newspaper under sec. 944.21 (1) (a), Stats.,1 which makes it illegal to publish obscene material.
The pictures accompanying the news article depict a man and woman on a bed having intercourse in a sitting position. The accompanying news story states the Milwaukee police department had arrested a Kaleidoscope photographer for possession of similar pictures but not the identical pictures shown. The Sex Poem consists of a one-line string of words curving and wandering through poetry on two pages of the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Stanley v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Ginsberg v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General of MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Kois v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- State v. Princess Cinema of Milwaukee, Inc.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1980
- City of Madison v. NickelWisconsin Supreme Court · 1974
- State Ex Rel. Chobot v. Circuit Court for Milwaukee CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1973
- Court v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1971
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