Legal Opinion
Summerfield v. Sunshine Book Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 16, 1954No. 12026PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decision of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia enjoining the enforcement of two orders of the Postmaster General of the United States.1 These orders were based on findings that appellees’ publications were obscene within the meaning of 39 U.S.C.A. § 259a.2 They provided that all mail addressed to the appellees was to be stamped “Unlawful” and returned to the senders, or, if nothing on the letters indicated the senders, forwarded to the dead letter branch of the Post Office. They further prohibited the payment of any…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- American School of Magnetic Healing v. McAnnultySupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- AMERICAN SCHOOL OF MAGNETIC HEALING v. McANNULTYSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Public Clearing House v. CoyneSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Hannegan v. Esquire, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Sunshine Book Company and Solair Union Naturisme, Inc. v. Arthur E. Summerfield, Individually and as Postmaster General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Sunshine Book Company v. SummerfieldDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1955
- Klaw v. SchafferDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1957
- Sunshine Publishing Company v. SummerfieldDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1960
- Tourlanes Publishing Co. v. SummerfieldCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
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