Legal Opinion
United States v. Thirty-Seven (37) Photographs
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 14, 1971No. 133PublishedCited by 684 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice White
Justice Blackmun join.*
When Milton Luros returned to the United States from Europe on October 24, 1969, he brought with him in his luggage the 37 photographs here involved. United States customs agents, acting pursuant to § 305 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 46 Stat. 688, 19 U. S. C. § 1305 (a),1 *366seized the photographs as obscene. They referred the matter to the United States Attorney, who on November 6 instituted proceedings in the United States District Court for forfeiture of the material. Luros, as claimant, answered, denying the photographs were obscene and setting up a…
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