Legal Opinion
American Documentary Films, Inc. v. Secretary of the Treasury of the United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 5, 1972No. 72 Civ. 1711PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GURFEIN, District Judge.
The plaintiff, American Documentary Films, Inc. (ADF), is a corporation organized under the Membership Corporation Law (now the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law) of the State of New York in July 1969. 1 Its principal purpose is to act as a distributor of films, and it describes itself as building an alternative to commercial mass media. As an implementation of that purpose it has from time to time over the past several years transported into the United States and exhibited films made in many countries, including North and South Vietnam and Cuba.
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- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Speiser v. RandallSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Toussie v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Morey v. DoudSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Propper v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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