Did you know that 2 Live Crew's record company, Luke Records, appealed the finding of obscenity to the 11th Circuit, and a three-judge panel unanimously reversed the district court’s decision?

 

1. Did you know that the Luke Records v. Navarro case, involving the rap group 2 Live Crew and their controversial
   album “As Nasty As They Wanna Be,” was decided by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 1992 and centered around whether the album was legally obscene?
2. Did you know that the court’s ruling in the Luke Records v. Navarro case established a significant principle in stating that music has serious artistic value, meaning that an album containing profanity and misogynistic language doesn't necessarily qualify as obscene?
3. Did you know that the rap group 2 Live Crew, led by performer Luther Campbell, faced legal challenges due to the explicit content in their album "As Nasty As They Wanna Be"?
4. Did you know that the controversy surrounding the album ignited when Broward County, Florida Sheriff Nick Navarro took steps to prevent record store owners from selling “As Nasty As They Wanna Be”?
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   Did you know that record shop owner Charles Freeman was arrested for selling the album and tape to an undercover detective, leading a federal judge to declare the album obscene?
6. Did you know that 2 Live Crew filed a lawsuit in federal district court in response, seeking a declaratory judgment that their album was not obscene and an order to prevent further restrictions on its sale?
7. Did you know that the federal district court granted 2 Live Crew's request by enjoining the sheriff from limiting album sales, but also declared the album obscene?
8. Did you know that 2 Live Crew's record company, Luke

   

   
   Records, appealed the finding of obscenity to the 11th Circuit, and a three-judge panel unanimously reversed the district court’s decision?
9. Did you know that the 11th Circuit applied the Miller Test (from Miller v. California) to determine obscenity and found that “As Nasty As They Wanna Be” was protected by the First Amendment?
10. Did you know that the Miller Test considers whether a work, under contemporary community standards: appeals to a prurient or shameful interest in sex, depicts sexual material in a patently offensive way, and lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value?

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