Legal Opinion

United States v. West Coast News Company, Inc., a California Corporation, Wallace De-Ortega Maxey, and Sanford E. Aday

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided March 22, 1966No. 15792-15795PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

O’SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict convicting defendants-appellants, West Coast News Company, a California Corporation, and Wallace DeOrtega Maxey and Sanford E. Aday, California residents, of violations of Sections 1461 and 1462, Title 18, U.S. C.A. The charged offenses arose from the delivery into Michigan by mail and common carrier of allegedly obscene books, including one entitled Sex Life of a Cop. 1 Trial was in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan. Substantial fines were imposed upon the corporate and…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  3. Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Smith v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  5. Scales v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961

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3Cited by61 opinions

  1. Goocher v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  2. United States v. Harry William Daniels, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
  3. United States v. Michael G. Thevis and Peachtree News Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  4. United States v. SuttonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
  5. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1967

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