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"The Man" vs. 2 Live Crew (I)

Highest Court

Eleventh Circuit

Year Ended

1990

Plaintiffs

2 Live Crew
Luke Records

Defendants

County Entity and/or Official(s)

Other

No Other parties on file

Short Description

A Broward County sheriff found probable cause that 2 Live Crew's third album, Nasty as They Wanna Be, was obscene, and arrested a black retailer for selling the album. The rap group sued the county for restraint and First Amendment protection, but were subsequently arrested for performing the song in a Florida nightclub. The court reversed the lower court's obscenity ruling, finding that the sheriff failed to apply the Supreme Court's obscenity standard in Miller v. California. The court was unwilling to concede that the last prong of the Miller test, which requires determination of whether a work "lacks serious artistic, scientific, literary or political value," was met in this case. - SKR & LSW

Legal Issues

Constitutional Law	First Amendment	Obscenity & Indecency
	Fourteenth Amendment	Due Process

Opinions

Luke Records, Inc. v. Navarro
960 F.2d 134
Eleventh Circuit , May 07, 1992 ( No. 90-5508 )

Skyywalker Records, Inc. v. Navarro
739 F. Supp. 578
S.D. Florida , June 06, 1990 ( No. 90-6220-CIV-JAG )

Luke Records, Inc. v. Navarro
506 U.S. 1022
Supreme Court of the United States , December 07, 1992 ( No. 92-672 )

Skyywalker Records, Inc. v. Navarro
742 F.Supp. 638
S.D. Florida , July 31, 1990 ( No. 90-6220-CIV-JAG )

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