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UNITED STATES v. ALPERS

No. 217.

338 U.S. 680 (1950)

70 S.Ct. 352

94 L.Ed. 457

UNITED STATES v. ALPERS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 6, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Bishop, Jr. argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Perlman, Assistant Attorney General Campbell, Robert S. Erdahl and Israel Convisser.

A. J. Zirpoli submitted on brief for the respondent.

MR. JUSTICE MINTON delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question in this case is whether the shipment of obscene phonograph records in interstate commerce is prohibited by § 245 of the Criminal Code, which makes illegal the interstate shipment of any "obscene . . . book, pamphlet, picture, motion-picture film, paper, letter, writing, print, or other matter of indecent character."

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