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2d 31 (1966), the Court held that "pandering" of material by mailed advertisements, designed to appeal to a prurient interest, could be prosecuted under the federal obscenity statute.
California, the Supreme Court ruled that materials were obscene if they appealed, 'to a prurient interest,' showed 'patently offensive sexual conduct' that was specifically defined by a state obscenity law, and 'lacked serious artistic, literary, ...
a highly subjective reference to material or acts which display or describe sexual activity in a manner appealing only to "prurient interest," with no legitimate artistic, literary or scientific purpose.
The court ruled that material that appealed to prurient interest in sex and that did not have serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value could be banned as obscene.
 See also: Nation, State, Interest, Court, Obscenity
  
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