Legal Opinion
G. I. Distributors, Inc. v. Murphy
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 14, 1972No. 3, Docket 72-1208PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:
The District Attorney of New York County1 appeals from part of an order of .the Southern District of New York, 336 F.Supp. 1036, which requires him to return to the appellees 19,000 magazines which had been seized less than 18 hours prior to an adversary hearing on their obscenity. At the hearing which was held the following morning Judge Mol-dow of the New York City Criminal Court authorized the seizure. Judge Weinfeld found that the procedures followed by the police in confiscating these magazines prior to the hearing violated the first amendment as applied to the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
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