Legal Opinion
United States v. Various Articles of Merchandise, Seizure No. 187
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 7, 1986No. 85 C 6733PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum
LEIGHTON, District Judge.
On July 19, 1985, the United States Customs Service seized four pictorial magazines from the international mails. They were WONDERBOY 48, DREAMBOY 6, NEW ANIMAL ORGY 16, FILM INDEX 83; and had been mailed to three separate individuals in the United States from the Netherlands and Denmark. On July 29, 1985, the United States Attorney instituted this civil in rem action, seeking forfeiture and destruction of all four magazines. The government alleges that they are obscene and were imported into the United States in violation of federal law.
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