Posters 'N' Things, Ltd. v. United States

In this case we must address the scienter requirement of the Mail Order Drug Paraphernalia Control Act, Pub. L. 99-570, Tit. I, §1822, 100 Stat. 3207-51, formerly codified, as amended, at 21 U. S. C. § 857, and the question whether the Act is unconstitutionally vague as applied to petitioners.

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In 1977, petitioner Lana Christine Acty formed petitioner Posters ‘N’ Things, Ltd. (Posters), an Iowa corporation. The corporation operated three businesses, a diét-aid store, an art gallery, and a general merchandise outlet originally called “Forbidden Fruit,” but later renamed “World Wide Imports.”…