Legal Opinion
Sovereign News Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 11, 1983No. 80-3197PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The Sovereign News Company appeals an order denying a motion for the return of copies of property seized during an obscenity investigation. The United States seized certain films, books, and business records during the investigation which culminated in a 1978 trial and acquittal. After the trial, the government returned all original evidence, but retained copies of the business records. Sovereign News then filed this motion under Fed.R.Crim.P. 41(e), claiming that the government must also return the copies because the originals were illegally seized. In…
2Cases cited46 opinions
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- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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