Legal Opinion
United States v. Ruth A. Linetsky, Lionel Perry and Linetsky Products, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 9, 1976No. 75-3009PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
A jury in the Middle District of Florida found three California residents, Ruth A. Linetsky, Lionel Perry, and Linetsky Products, Inc., guilty under 25 counts of an indictment charging use of the mails to send into the Middle District of Florida “obscene, lewd, lascivious, indecent, filthy, and vile” advertisements and films, in violation of Title 18, United States. Code, § 1461 and § 2. We affirm on 23 counts, reverse on two counts.
The central issue before us concerns the effect in this case of an earlier ruling by the United States District Court for the Central…
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