Legal Opinion
Burstein v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 30, 1950No. 12173_1PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPE, Circuit Judge.
Burstein was found guilty of depositing for mailing an obscene, lewd, lascivious and filthy book entitled “Confessions of a Prostitute”, and of depositing for mailing a mimeographed letter giving information as to where and how the book might be obtained, contrary to 18 U.S.C.A. § 334 * (old). On this appeal his principal contentions are: (1) that the book is not obscene as a matter of law; (2) that the court gave the jury an erroneous definition of obscenity; and (3) that the trial judge denied him effective representation by counsel.
The book in question had been copied…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Rosen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Smith v. Hoboken Railroad, Warehouse & Steamship Connecting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- United States v. One Book Entitled Ulysses by James JoyceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934
- Parmelee v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- United States v. RedfieldDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1961
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