Legal Opinion
United States v. Ten Erotic Paintings
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided March 5, 1970No. Civ. 21453PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK A. KAUFMAN, District Judge.
Acting under 19 U.S.C. § 1305, 1 the United States instituted this forfeiture proceeding against ten allegedly obscene paintings and drawings. Claimants, Dr. Eberhard Kronhausen and his wife, Dr. Phyllis Kronhausen, 2 the owners and collectors of the pictures, filed a motion to dismiss under Federal Civil Rule 12(b) (6) and a motion for summary judgment under Federal Civil Rule 56, contending that none of the objects is obscene and that section 1305 is both facially, and as applied in the present case, unconstitutional. The Government, in addition to opposing…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Stanley v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Freedman v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General of MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by8 opinions
- United States v. Thirty-Seven (37) PhotographsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. Ten Erotic PaintingsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. 77 Cartons of MagazinesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Thirty-Seven (37) PhotographsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Hearn v. ShortDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1971
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