Legal Opinion
United States v. Joseph N. Palladino, Joseph N. Palladino, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 25, 1973No. 72-1005PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
Defendants, father and son, were convicted jointly by a jury on three counts of a nine-count indictment charging the mailing of obscene matter in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1461, and were sentenced respectively for four and two years. The critical questions on appeal are whether the materials found obscene are constitutionally protected as a matter of law; whether proof of pandering was admissible, “the crime of pandering” not having been charged; and whether the government was obliged to proffer expert testimony on the three components of obscenity — dominant prurient…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Stanley v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Police Dept. of Chicago v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Literature, Inc. v. Robert H. QuinnCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Marshall Zeidman and J. O. M. Account Services International, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Joseph N. Phlladino, Sr.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- United States v. One Reel of Film. Gerard Damiano Productions, Inc., Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
- Commonwealth v. Beacon Distributors, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1982
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