SOVEREIGN NEWS COMPANY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE,
v.
JOHN T. CORRIGAN, PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS
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The court held that the Ohio obscenity statute, when construed to incorporate Miller v. California guidelines, is valid and constitutional.
The district court previously found parts of the Ohio obscenity statute unconstitutionally overbroad and vague. The Supreme Court of Ohio subsequently…
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PER CURIAM.
These consolidated appeals are from the decision of the district court reported at 448 F.Supp. 306, rendered October 31, 1977, holding parts of the Ohio obscenity statute, R.C. Ohio §§ 2907.01(F) and 2907.32, to be unconstitutionally overbroad and vague under Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, 93 S.Ct. 2607, 37 L.Ed.2d 419 (1973).
On December 7, 1978, the Supreme Court of Ohio rendered an opinion in State of Ohio v. Burgun, 56 Ohio St.2d 354, 384 N.E. 2d 255 (1978), holding that the Ohio statute when construed to incorporate the guidelines of Miller v. California, is valid and constitutional. The first syllabus, prepared by the Supreme Court of Ohio, is as follows:
R. C. 2907.01(F), which sets forth the definition of “obscenity,” is neither unconstitutionally overbroad nor void for vagueness when it is authoritatively construed to incorporate the guidelines prescribed in Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, [93 S.Ct. 2607, 37 L.Ed.2d 419].
56 Ohio St.2d at 354, 384 N.E. 2d at 255.
Upon consideration of the briefs, oral arguments of counsel and the entire record, it is ORDERED that these cases be remanded to the district court for further consideration in the light of the decision of the Supreme Court of Ohio in State of Ohio v. Burgun.
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