Legal Opinion
United States v. 4,400 COPIES OF MAGAZINES, ETC.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided December 21, 1967No. Civ. 18966PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Per curiam
In this proceeding under section 305 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 19 U.S.C.A. § 1305, the government seeks condemnation and forfeiture of 200 copies each of 22 magazines 1 imported from Denmark, on the ground that they are obscene material, the importation of which is prohibited by that section. The magazines are now in the custody of the District Director of Customs in Baltimore.
Tomcat Distributing Company, claimant, the consignee of the magazines, has moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the “magazines are not obscene as a matter of law, and thus protected under the Constitution…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Breard v. AlexandriaSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Ginzburg v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Redrup v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Butler v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Milky Way Productions, Inc. v. LearyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1970
- Vernon Walker Huffman v. United States, Dennis Eugene Pryba v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Bryers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Wayne County Prosecutor v. DoerflerMichigan Court of Appeals · 1968
- Sokolic v. RyanDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1969
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