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MASSACHUSETTS v. OAKES

No. 87-1651.

491 U.S. 576 (1989)

109 S.Ct. 2633

105 L.Ed.2d 493

MASSACHUSETTS v. OAKES

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 21, 1989

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Shannon, Attorney General of Massachusetts, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Phyllis N. Segal and A. John Pappalardo, Deputy Attorneys General, and Madelyn F. Wessel, Judy G. Zeprun, and H. Reed Witherby, Assistant Attorney General.

Richard J. Vita argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.*

JUSTICE O'CONNOR announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which THE CHIEF JUSTICE, JUSTICE WHITE, and JUSTICE KENNEDY join.

This case involves an overbreadth challenge to a Massachusetts criminal statute generally prohibiting adults from posing or exhibiting nude minors for purposes of visual representation or reproduction in any book, magazine, pamphlet, motion picture, photograph, or picture.

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