Legal Opinion
United States v. Various Articles of Obscene Merchandise, Schedule No. 2102
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 18, 1983No. 1064, Docket 82-6334PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:
The government appeals from a judgment of the Southern District of New York, entered by Judge Robert W. Sweet after a hearing,1 upon his opinion holding that various “hard-core” pornographic articles of merchandise (video cassettes and magazines 2) seized by the government were not *134“patently offensive” under contemporary community standards and hence not “obscene” within the meaning of 19 U.S.C. § 1305(a) (1976 & Supp. V 1981) and dismissing the government’s complaint under that statute for forfeiture of the merchandise.3 565 F.Supp. 7. An earlier opinion by the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by41 opinions
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- United States v. RagsdaleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
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