Legal Opinion
Eureka Productions, Inc. v. Mulligan
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 8, 1940No. 122PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATTERSON, Circuit Judge.
The action is against a former marshal of the district court for damages caused by his destruction of a motion picture film formerly owned by the plaintiff. There was a trial before a judge without a jury. The judge held the case to be without merit and dismissed the complaint.
The facts are not disputed. The Eureka company imported a motion picture film into the United States. The film after arrival here was seized by the collector of customs on the ground that the play portrayed by it was obscene. The seizure was made under section 305 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 19…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- The Confiscation CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Four Hundred & Forty-Three Cans of Frozen Egg Product v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- The SarahSupreme Court of the United States · 1823
- Morris's CottonSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Dobson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1929
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- United States v. HeckingerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Alberty Food Products Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
- United States v. 88 Cases, Etc., of Bireley's Orange BeverageDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1946
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