Legal Opinion
Pent-R-Books, Inc. v. United States Postal Service
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 10, 1971No. 71-C-183PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JUDD, District Judge.
This action for an injunction against enforcement of a federal statute presents the knotty problem of federal power to regulate pornography and near-pornography, and specifically the validity of requirements set forth in the so-called Goldwater amendment to the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 (39 U.S. C. §§ 3010-11; 18 U.S.C. §§ 1735-37; Pub.L. 91-375), and regulations issued thereunder.
The statute imposes two major duties on mailers of “sexually oriented advertisements.” The first is that they must purchase from the Postal Service a monthly list of…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Crowell v. BensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by12 opinions
- United States v. MosesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
- Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. v. Village of Hoffman EstatesDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1980
- United States v. PiattiDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1976
- Associated Students for University of California at Riverside v. Attorney GeneralDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1973
- Clay Broadcasting Corp. of Texas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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