Legal Opinion
City of Portland v. DePaolo
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 8, 1989PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTS, Justice.
Vincenzo DePaolo and Charles Graten appeal from judgments of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Perkins, J.), entered on a jury verdict in favor of the City of Portland on three civil violations pursuant to M.D.C.Civ.R. 80H.1 DePaolo, the owner of a Portland store, The Treasure Chest, and Graten, a clerk in the store, were each charged with four violations of the Obscenity Ordinance, Portland City Code, art. IV, §§ 17-61 to 17-63 (1982),2 after Graten sold several magazines to undercover Portland police officers.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Paris Adult Theatre I v. SlatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- City of Portland v. JacobskySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Town of Falmouth v. LongSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1990