Legal Opinion

Myron M. Amato v. Archie H. Divine, Jr., Sheriff of Rock County, Wisconsin, Respondent

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided June 28, 1977No. 73-1373PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Per curiam

We affirmed an order of the district court granting a petition for a writ of habe-as corpus on the basis that the Wisconsin obscenity statute, Wisconsin Statutes, § 944.21(l)(a), under which petitioner was convicted, was unconstitutionally vague. Amato v. Divine, 496 F.2d 441 (7th Cir. 1974). That decision was vacated and re manded by the United States Supreme Court, 419 U.S. 1014, 95 S.Ct. 487, 42 L.Ed.2d 286 (1974), for further consideration in light of Hamling v. United States, 418 U.S. 87, 94 S.Ct. 2887, 41 L.Ed.2d 590 (1974) and State ex rel. Chobot v. Circuit Court, 61 Wis.2d 354, 212…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. Marks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. Princess Cinema of Milwaukee, Inc.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Sovereign News Co. v. FalkeDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1977
  3. Donovan v. MASTER PRINTERS ASS'N, ETC.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1981
  4. United States v. Various Articles of Merchandise, Seizure No. 170, United States of America v. Various Articles of Merchandise, Seizure No. 182Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
  5. Castle News Co. v. CahillDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1978

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