Legal Opinion
United States v. 127,295 Copies of Magazines
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided December 9, 1968No. Civ. No. 20078PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Per curiam
In this proceeding under section 305 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 19 U.S.C.A. § 1305, the government seeks condemnation and forfeiture of 127,295 copies of magazines imported from Scandinavia, on the ground that they are obscene material the importation of which is prohibited by that section. The magazines which are now in the custody of the District Director of Customs of Baltimore comprise 82 issues of 22 separately titled magazines.
Select Imports, Inc., a Maryland corporation with its principal office in California, claimant, consignee of the magazines, has moved to dismiss the complaint on…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Breard v. AlexandriaSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Ginzburg v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Redrup v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Butler v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by10 opinions
- United States v. Thirty-Seven (37) PhotographsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Milky Way Productions, Inc. v. LearyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1970
- People v. StabileCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1969
- United States v. 77 Cartons of MagazinesDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1969
- City News Center, Inc. v. CarsonDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1970
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