Legal Opinion
Flying Eagle Publications, Inc. v. United States of America, Michael St. John v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 21, 1960No. 5483_1PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODBURY, Chief Judge.
A grand jury in the court below charged that these appellants and two other individuals, in violation of Title 18 U.S. C. § 1461, “on or about or between January 29, February 1, February 6, and February 14, 1957, at Concord in the State and District of New Hampshire * * * did knowingly deposit for mailing or delivery copies of the April, 1957, issue of a publication entitled ‘Manhunt’ containing obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent matter.” Motions to dismiss the indictment were denied and trial by jury on pleas of not guilty resulted in verdicts of guilty as to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- United States v. CruikshankSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Swearingen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Billingsley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
- Joseph F. Cefalu v. United States of America, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Russell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Manual Enterprises, Inc. v. DaySupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. Louis Martin Radetsky, A/K/A L. M. RadetskyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. James A. Rawle, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988
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