Legal Opinion
Demich, Inc. v. Ferdon
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 13, 1970No. Nos. 24959, 24960, 24961 and 24976PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRILL, Circuit Judge;
Plaintiffs-Appellees are proprietors of motion-picture houses in San Francisco. Each has brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 charging appellants with having wrongfully seized allegedly obscene films that had been exhibited by appellees to their theater patrons. In each case the seizure was pursuant to a search warrant,1 issued ex parte on a showing that the movies were in violation of California laws respecting obscene material. Cal.Penal Code §§ 311, 313. Criminal proceedings have been instituted against appellees for such violations. In their suits brought in federal…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Zwickler v. KootaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Marcus v. Search Warrant of PropertySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Marvin Miller, Covina Publishing, Inc., a Corporation Doing Business as Collector's Publications v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Bryers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- United States v. Johnny Miles Hunt and Baron Raymon KolbCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Stanford Daily v. ZurcherDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1972
- Cinema Classics, Ltd. v. BuschDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1972
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