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UNITED STATES v. 4200 COPIES INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

No. 1286.

134 F.Supp. 490 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America, Libelant, v. 4200 COPIES INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, Nos. 5 and 11; 500 copies Afrodite, No. 1; 300 bound volumes Helios, issues Nos. 1 to 12, 1953; 500 volumes Tidlosa, No. 1, January, 1955; 2000 copies Sun and Health, International Edition, No. 26, May, 1955; 1500 copies Helios, No. 23, May, 1955; 700 copies Modelstudier, No. 41; 200 copies Paradies, No. 52; and 100 copies Licht Und Schonheit, Heft 11, Jahrang 5, 1954.

United States District Court E. D. Washington, N. D.

October 5, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Bantz, U. S. Atty., William M. Tugman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Spokane, Wash., for libelant.

C. C. Rowan, Spokane, Wash., for claimant.

DRIVER, Chief Judge.

This is a libel action brought by the United States against a large number of imported publications. The basic question presented is, whether such publications are obscene and, as such, subject to forfeiture, confiscation and destruction under the provisions of Section 1305 of Title 19, U.S.C.A. That section, in part, provides that all persons are prohibited from importing into the United States "any obscene book, pamphlet, paper, writing, * ...

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