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UNITED STATES v. 35 MM COLOR MOTION PICTURE FILM, ETC.

69 Civ. 5433 (MP).

311 F.Supp. 108 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. 35 MM COLOR MOTION PICTURE FILM Entitled "LANGUAGE OF LOVE", 12 reels, 10,342 feet, English and Finnish sound tracks, Defendant.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

March 30, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whitney North Seymour, Jr., U. S. Atty. for the Southern District of New York, for the United States, by Michael C. Silberberg, New York City, of counsel.

Norman Annenberg, New York City, and Hofer, Levine & Rich, New York City, for claimants, by Arnold I. Rich, New York City, of counsel.

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...

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