In 1973, the US Supreme Court had a growing unease regarding how obscenity should be defines. Outside the Paris Adult Theatre, in Atlanta, Georgia, where they were advertising the films "Magic Mirror" and "It all Comes Out in the End" they had signs outside saying, "Adults Only", "You must be 21 and Able to Prove it" and "If the Nude body offends you, Do Not Enter." No further information was presented about the particular films that were being shown. Two criminal investigators paid $3.00 to enter the theatre. District Attorney Office filed a complaint against the films, seeking them to be banned. Complaints said the films were a violation of Georgia Code Section 26-2101. The district attorney's office could have brought criminal charges against the theatre; instead, they sought only to have the films judged obscene and to stop the theatre from showing them. Both sides agree on that the findings of the court would be the final decision. A hearing was set and the court banned the theartre from "concealing, destroying, altering, or removing" the movies, but not from showing them. The court viewed photographs and interviewed witnesses and heard nothing about minors being able to get in. The court did find the films to be obscene, but also that the theatre had a right to show them so long as they did not allow minors inside, and that they had to state up-front the nature of the films. The patrons of the theatre had the right to watch the films under the first amendment, but the theatre was not protected to show them. The theatre appealed the decision to the US Supreme Court, which upheld the decision that the distribution of pornographic material is not protected under the first amendment. The courts decision took the stance that the material covered by the first amendment is when the content of that material is not obscene. .
