Legal Opinion
United States v. 392 Copies of a Magazine Entitled "Exclusive"
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided April 4, 1966No. Civ. 17060, 17065, 17066PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, Chief Judge.
In these consolidated proceedings under section 305 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 19 U.S.C.A. § 1305, 1 the government seeks the forfeiture, confiscation and destruction of 392 copies of a magazine entitled Exclusive, 3600 copies of a magazine entitled Review International No. 6, and 1000 copies of a magazine entitled International Nudist Sun No. 16, imported from Denmark, on the ground that they are obscene material, the importation of which is prohibited by section 1305. Claimant contends that the material is not obscene, that section 1305 is unconstitutional on its face,…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Freedman v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Smith v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General of MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by35 opinions
- United States v. Thirty-Seven (37) PhotographsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. Herman L. Womack, United States of America v. Potomac News CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Entertainment Ventures, Inc. v. BrewerDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1969
- United States v. Potomac News Co., of 56 Cartons Containing 19,500 Copies of a Magazine Entitled "Hellenic Sun,"Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. One Carton Positive Motion Picture Film Entitled "491"Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
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