Joel J. Tyler, 90, judge in ‘Deep Throat’ case

Joel J. Tyler, who as a Manhattan judge ruled, in a particularly explicit and colorful opinion, that the pornographic film “Deep Throat’’ was obscene and that the New York City theaters showing it were breaking the law, inadvertently helping it become perhaps the most popular X-rated movie of all time, died in New York on Nov. 9. He was 90.