# Commonwealth v. Robin

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · March 22, 1966 · 421 Pa. 70

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9695572

## Case

- **Full name:** Commonwealth v. Robin, Appellant; Commonwealth v. Grove Press, Inc., Appellant
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** March 22, 1966
- **Citations:** 421 Pa. 70; 218 A.2d 546; 1966 Pa. LEXIS 622
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Bell
- **Judges:** Bell, Musmanno, Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts
- **Cited by:** 9 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that where United States Supreme Court has ruled on the constitutionality of a state statute governing obscenity, that ruling is binding on state courts

## Opinion text

Concurring Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Bell:
I consider “Tropic of Cancer” a lewd, obscene book, which should be banned. However, I reluctantly concur in the result reached by a majority of this Court. My decision is mandated by the United States Supreme Court decisions in Jacobellis v. Ohio, 378 U.S. 184 , 84 S. Ct. 1676 , and Grove Press, Inc. v. Gerstein, 378 U.S. 577 , 84 S. Ct. 1909 .
Mr. Justice Jones and Mr. Justice O’Brien join in this Concurring Opinion.

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