Legal Opinion
Fort v. Mitchell
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided October 20, 1971No. Nos. EC 7121-S, EC 7170-SPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Per curiam
The plaintiffs in the above entitled and numbered actions, consolidated for trial by the requesting judge, are claimants of certain “pinball” machines seized by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.). The machines were seized by F.B.I. agents because of the alleged failure of their owners, plaintiffs A. B. Fort (Fort) and Wallace Amusement Company, Inc. (Wallace), to register with the Attorney General of the United States, as required by 15 U. S.C.A. § 1173(a) (3), a part of the Gambling Devices Act of 1962 (Act).
The Fort machines were seized at eight different locations in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Allen v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Swift & Co. v. WickhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Phillips v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Thomas W. Jones, Etc. v. Edgar M. BraniginCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- Rice v. Walls, U.S. Dist. Atty. Puckett v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by2 opinions
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