Legal Opinion
Alpers v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 31, 1949No. 12157PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORR, Circuit Judge.
Appellant was convicted on two counts of an information charging him with knowingly depositing with the Railway Express Agency, for carriage in interstate commerce, certain obscene phonograph records. This, according to the Government’s theory, constitutes a violation of certain of the provisions of 18 U.S.C.A. § 396 [now § 1462],
That the phonograph records were deposited for carriage in interstate commerce is admitted; that there was inscribed thereon obscene matter is also admitted.
The question for determination is: Are the provisions of 18 U.S.C.A. § 396 broad enough to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. ChaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- United States v. SalenSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- First Nat. Bank of Anamoose v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1913
- Daly v. BeeryNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1920
- Arthur v. MollerSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
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3Cited by6 opinions
- United States v. AlpersSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- United States v. Samuel RothCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
- People v. StrassnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1949
- Robert William Thomas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1959
- United States v. AlpersSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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