Some 47 video dealers in Ahvaz have been sentenced to be lashed for renting "obscene films," the daily Afarinesh reported.

These obscene films are known as marionography.

He also faced three charges for possession of uncensored and obscene films at his Westwood Avenue home.

There was no mention of obscene films on the warrant, and so the seizure of the films as evidence was unconstitutional.

In two later cases similar to Marcus the Court reaffirmed it as applying to the seizure of allegedly obscene films as well.

Berry achieved a level of notoriety for having banned both rock and roll music as well as an "obscene" film from Jersey City during his tenure.

It's a ticklish, obscene, disorientating and very funny film which just, for my money did exactly what it set out to do.

In Tennessee, the state Senate has passed legislation that would prohibit playing an "obscene" film on a screen visible to other drivers.

Those guidelines state that to be ruled obscene a film, among other things, must violate prevailing adult standards in the community.

In one case, R v Waterfield, the trial judge had cleared the court while the jury was shown allegedly obscene films.