<P> United States v. One Book Called Ulysses was a December 6, 1933 case in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dealing with freedom of expression . At issue was whether James Joyce's novel Ulysses was obscene . In deciding it was not, Judge John M. Woolsey opened the door to importation and publication of serious works of literature that used coarse language or involved sexual subjects . </P> <P> The trial court's decision was upheld by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which confirmed that offensive language in a literary work is not obscene where it does not promote lust . But Judge Woolsey's trial court opinion is now more widely known, and often cited as an erudite and discerning affirmation of literary free expression . </P>

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