Legal Opinion · Dissent
Shirley Anne Danley v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 23, 1976No. 75-566Published
1Dissent
Mr. Justice Brennan, with whom Mr. Justice Stewart and Mr. Justice Marshall join,
dissenting.
Petitioners were convicted in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon of use of the mails to ship obscene materials in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 1461, of interstate transportation of obscene materials in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 1462, and of interstate transportation of obscene materials for purposes of distribution and sale in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 1465. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed. 523 F. 2d 369 (1975).
Title 18 U. S. C. § 1461 provides in pertinent…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Heller v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. Shirley Anne Danley, AKA Ginger Cardwell, and Terry Lee Meidel, United States of America v. Roy Earl Oswalt, AKA Jimmy CollinsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975