The three prong test set forth by the courts state that "a work must (a) appeal to prurient interest as judged by an average person applying contemporary community standards; (b) depict or describe, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law: and (c) when taken as a whole lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value" (Lankford and Pankratz 4). ... As for taken as a whole lacking literary, artistic, political, or scientific value this is still being decided by an average person. ... At a minimum prurient, patently, offensiv...

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The three prong test set forth by the courts state that "a work must (a) appeal to prurient interest as judged by an average person applying contemporary community standards; (b) depict or describe, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law: and (c) when taken as a whole lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value" (Lankford and Pankratz 4). ... As for taken as a whole lacking literary, artistic, political, or scientific value this is still being decided by an average person. ... At a minimum prurient, patently, offensiv...

• Word Count: 2204
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School