Legal Opinion
United States v. Fragus
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 1, 1970No. 27801PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Per curiam
Title 18, § 1462, United States Code, prohibits the use of any express company or other common carrier for carriage in interstate commerce of any obscene, lewd, lascivious, or filthy book, pamphlet, picture, motion-picture film, paper, letter, writing, print, or other matter of indecent character. Upon conviction for the first offense the penalty is a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.
The statute is constitutional, Reed Enterprises v. Clark, Attorney General, 390 U.S. 457, 88 S.Ct. 1196, 20 L.Ed.2d 28 (1968), affirming D.C.D.C., 1967, 278…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Stanley v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- David Busby v. William C. Holman, Warden, Kilby PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Samuel Gold, Howard Guy Halbett, John Frank Fusco v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
- William Sterling Rosecrans, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Block v. Compagnie Nationale Air FranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Lawrence D. Coleman v. The Honorable Arthur L. Burnett, United States Magistrate for the District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Marvin Miller, Covina Publishing, Inc., a Corporation Doing Business as Collector's Publications v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- James E. Eaton v. United States of America, William Lessaris v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
- Meyer v. AustinDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1970
- Davison v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1971
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