Cincinnati v. Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center
Significance, Obscenity Or Art?, The Nea And Sexually Explicit Art, Further Readings
Plaintiff
State of Ohio
Defendants
Dennis Barrie and the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center
Plaintiff's Claim
That the exhibition of photographs by the artist Robert Mapplethorpe was obscene.
Chief Lawyers for the Plaintiff
Richard A. Castellini, Frank H. Prouty, Jr., and Melanie J. Reising
Chief Defense Lawyers
Marc D. Mezibov and H. Louis Sirkin
Judge
F. David J. Albanese
Place
Cincinnati, Ohio
Date of Decision
5 October 1990
Decision
The jury found the five photographs in question not to be obscene.
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Sources
"Governmental Patronage," Sinclair Community College. http://www.sinclair.edu
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