Legal Opinion
United States v. Samuel Ratner, Albert Ratner, and Wyngate & Bevins, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 25, 1974No. 71-2062PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
The individual defendants, Samuel and Albert Ratner, ran a large scale mail order business in allegedly obscene magazines and films. They operated through a California corporation, Wyn-gate & Bevins, Inc. The corporation mailed sexually explicit advertisements to persons on various mailing lists who had not solicited the material, mailed similar advertisements with each order, and advertised in various magazines. The United States indicted the two Rat-ners and Wyngate & Bevins for violations of the federal obscenity statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1461. A jury found the defendants guilty. The trial…
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