Legal Opinion
Orito v. Powers
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided August 30, 1972No. 72-C-404PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION and ORDER
MYRON L. GORDON, District Judge.
This petition for a writ of habeas corpus presents a threshold question as to the jurisdiction of this court and also a question as to whether a particular publication should be held not obscene as a matter of law.
As noted in earlier decisions of this court, the petitioner has been confined in the federal correctional institution at Sandstone, Minnesota, where he is serving a sentence upon a federal conviction entered in the federal court for the central district of California (Case No. 71-*1512506-FW). The latter conviction is now on appeal…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Redrup v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Central Magazine Sales, Ltd. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bloss v. DykemaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Grand Rapids City Attorney v. BlossMichigan Court of Appeals · 1970
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Gregorio F. Vargas v. Ronald B. SwanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Orito v. PowersCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- Amato v. DivineDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1973
- Orito v. PowersCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- Simpson v. SpiceDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1975