Legal Opinion
United States v. 35 MM Color Motion Picture Film Entitled "Language of Love"
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 30, 1970No. 69 Civ. 5433 (MP)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLLACK, District Judge.
The government has seized a motion picture film produced in Sweden titled “Language of Love” sought to be imported and sues to be allowed to confiscate it as transgressing Section 305 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 19 U.S.C.A. § 1305. That statute prohibits importation of obscene or immoral articles.
The owners of the film (“claimants” hereafter) have appeared in the suit and have moved under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, alternatively, (i), for summary judgment in their favor dismissing the complaint under Rule 56 or, (ii), for a preliminary injunction under Rule…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- 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
- Korematsu v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Ginzburg v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Milky Way Productions, Inc. v. LearyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1970
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3Cited by6 opinions
- United States v. Thirty-Seven (37) PhotographsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. 50 MagazinesDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1971
- United States v. 35 MM Color Motion Picture Film Entitled "Language of Love"District Court, S.D. New York · 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
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