Legal Opinion
United States v. Consolidated Productions, Inc.
District Court, C.D. California
Decided April 30, 1971No. Crim. No. 6883-F-CDPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS THE INDICTMENT
FERGUSON, District Judge.
The indictment in this case involves the first criminal prosecution instituted for an alleged violation of 39 U.S.C. § 4009 (1964 ed., Supp. IV). That section provides that a person who has received by mail an “advertisement which offers for sale matter which the addressee in his sole discretion believes to be erotically arousing or sexually provocative” may request the Postmaster General to issue an order “directing the sender and his agents or assigns to refrain from further mailings to the named addressee”…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Shillitani v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- McComb v. Jacksonville Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- United States v. FreedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by3 opinions
- United States v. Pent-R-Books, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Matter of Rimsat, Ltd.United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Indiana · 1997
- In Re MannaNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1973