Legal Opinion
United States v. West Coast News Co.
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided April 19, 1963No. Crim. No. 6615PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOX, District Judge.
This case, in which the United States, by a Grand Jury Indictment, charged the defendants in nineteen counts with violating Title 18 U.S.C. §§ 1461 and 1462, using the mails and a common carrier for delivery of obscene books, is challenged by defendants through six motions.1
The indictment was found in the district of alleged distribution and delivery of the books, Title 18 U.S.C. § 3237(a).
The United States filed a motion to strike defendants’ motion to dismiss the indictment because of the alleged invalidity of the Grand Jury, March 12, 1963. The Government’s motion is…
2Cases cited58 opinions
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Olmstead v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Palko v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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3Cited by8 opinions
- United States v. West Coast News Company, Inc., a California Corporation, Wallace De-Ortega Maxey, and Sanford E. AdayCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
- United States v. LurosDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1965
- United States v. West Coast News CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1964
- United States v. Ashland Oil, Inc.District Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1978
- United States v. BowdoinDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2011
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