Comity, obscenity: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Comity, obscenity,” part of the Judicial Power area.

6decisions

100%favorable to the petitioner

33%unanimous

0altered precedent or struck a law

Decisions by decade

1970s6

Most majority opinions

Byron R. White1

William H. Rehnquist1

Potter Stewart1

Hugo L. Black1

Legal provisions most often involved

Abstention doctrine4

28 U.S.C. § 22831

All 6 decisions, newest first

Hicks v. Miranda
422 U.S. 332Decided June 24, 19755–4Byron R. White
Huffman v. Pursue, Ltd.
420 U.S. 592Decided March 18, 19756–3William H. Rehnquist
Speight v. Slaton
415 U.S. 333Decided February 27, 19749–0Per curiam
Mitchum v. Foster
407 U.S. 225Decided June 19, 19727–0Potter Stewart
Perez v. Ledesma
401 U.S. 82Decided February 23, 19715–4Hugo L. Black
Byrne v. Karalexis
401 U.S. 216Decided February 23, 19715–3Per curiam

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error