Legal Opinion
Lo-Ji Sales, Inc. v. New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 11, 1979No. 78-511PublishedCited by 605 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
We granted certiorari on claims that the seizure of magazines, films, and other objects from petitioner's bookstore violated guarantees of the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments. 439 U. S. 978 (1978).
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On June 20, 1976, an investigator for the New York State Police purchased two reels of film from petitioner’s so-called “adult” bookstore. Upon viewing them, he concluded the films violated New York’s obscenity laws. On June 25, he took them to a Town Justice for a determination whether there was reasonable cause to believe the films violated the state obscenity laws so as to justify a…
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