Legal Opinion
United States v. 1903 Obscene Magazines, Customs Seizure Number 88-0901-00001 and 800 Magazines, Seizure Number Px 88/56
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 5, 1990No. 881, Docket 89-6228PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to interpret the meaning of the words “from any foreign country.” The question arises in a commercial setting between Trans World News of Cleveland, Ohio (Trans World) and North American News of Toronto, Canada (North American), two companies that have been doing business with each other for over 20 years. In the instant case Trans World shipped nearly 70,000 magazines to Canada. When the shipments reached the Canadian border more than 10,000 of them were rejected as sexually explicit material, offensive to Canadian standards. Upon return of…
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