Legal Opinion
Luros v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 7, 1968No. Nos. 18707-18711PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
The recurring problem of obscenity vel non is presented. The appeal arises from a criminal prosecution under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1461 and 1462, as amended (1964), for mailing and transporting “obscene” literature. Appellants are four corporations and their sole stockholder, Milton Luros. A jury trial was held in the Northern District of Iowa, Western Division, under the venue provision applicable to the above statutes, 18 U.S.C. § 3237 (1964).1 After a finding of guilty the trial court sentenced appellants Luros, Parliament News, Inc. and London Press, Inc. on eighteen counts; Sun…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General of MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Ginzburg v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Redrup v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Marks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Marks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Vernon Walker Huffman v. United States, Dennis Eugene Pryba v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Marvin Miller, Covina Publishing, Inc., a Corporation Doing Business as Collector's Publications v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Tollett v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
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