Legal Opinion
United States v. West Coast News Company
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided March 25, 1964No. 6615PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOX, District Judge.
On May 24, 1960, the grand jury returned a nineteen count indictment charging the defendants 1 with mailing or transporting in interstate commerce eight obscene books, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. §§ 1461 and 1462.
After protracted pretrial matters had been disposed of, 2 the trial by jury began October 29, 1963, and ended December 10, 1963. 3
The jury returned a verdict of guilty on five counts: 6, 10, 12, 13 and 14. 4 The fury also reported that it was unable to agree on any of the other counts. 5
At the close of the government’s proof, at the close of the trial and…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Smith v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Kingsley Books, Inc. v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Manual Enterprises, Inc. v. DaySupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Goocher v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
- 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. 392 Copies of a Magazine Entitled "Exclusive"District Court, D. Maryland · 1966
- Commonwealth v. Dell Publications, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
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