Legal Opinion
United States v. H. M. Branson Distributing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 2, 1968No. 16623PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNTON, Senior District Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of forfeiture entered by the trial court in an action commenced by the filing of a Libel by the government under the provisions of 15 U.S.C. §§ 1171-1178 — the Gambling Devices Act. Involved are two pinball machines manufactured by the Lion Manufacturing Corporation of Chicago, Illinois, and distributed by H. M. Branson Distributing Company, Louisville, Kentucky.
In the trial court it was stipulated that the two pinball machines were shipped in interstate commerce from Chicago, Illinois to Louisville, Kentucky. The shipment took…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- One 1958 Plymouth Sedan v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Lion Manufacturing Corporation (New Lion) v. Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- Webb v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1951
- Isaac Hilliard v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962
- United States v. Two Coin-Operated Pinball MacHinesDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1965
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3Cited by3 opinions
- United States v. Various Gambling Devices, A. B. Fort, Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Sixteen Electronic Gambling DevicesDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1984
- United States v. H. M. Branson Distributing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968