A report on Obscenity and State v. Henry

Cover of an undated American edition of Fanny Hill, c. 1910
The 18th century book Fanny Hill has been subject to obscenity trials at various times (image: plate XI: The bathing party; La baignade)

State v. Henry was a 1987 decision of the Oregon Supreme Court which held that the Oregon state law that criminalized obscenity was unconstitutional because it violated the free speech provision of the Oregon Constitution.

- State v. Henry

In State v. Henry (1987), the Oregon Supreme Court ruled that the Oregon state law that criminalized obscenity was an unconstitutional restriction of free speech under the free speech provision of the Oregon Constitution, with the ruling making Oregon the "first state in the nation to abolish the offense of obscenity."

- Obscenity
Cover of an undated American edition of Fanny Hill, c. 1910

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Constitution of Oregon

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Governing document of the U.S. state of Oregon, originally enacted in 1857.

Governing document of the U.S. state of Oregon, originally enacted in 1857.

Later in 1987, the court cited this provision when it abolished the state's obscenity statute in State v. Henry.