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GORDON v. CHRISTENSON

Nos. C-87-70, C-88-70.

317 F.Supp. 146 (1970)

Victor GORDON, Plaintiff, v. Gordon B. CHRISTENSON, Salt Lake County Attorney, Defendant. John C. CHANONAT aka Jean-Claude Chanonat, Plaintiff, v. Gordon B. CHRISTENSON, Salt Lake County Attorney, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Utah, Central Division.

September 15, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald H. Kinghorn, Salt Lake City, Utah, for plaintiffs.

Curtis K. Oberhansly, Salt Lake City, Utah, for defendant.

Robert B. Hansen, Deputy Atty. Gen., amicus curiae.

Before LEWIS, Chief Judge, and CHRISTENSEN and BOHANON, District Judges.

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

LEWIS, Chief Judge.

Each of the plaintiffs in this action has been arrested and is presently charged with violations of sections 7639-5(5) and 76-39-11, Utah Code Annotated (Supp.1969) commonly referred to as the Utah obscenity statutes.1 Local authorities have voluntarily held the prosecutions in abeyance pending determination by this court of plaintiffs' claimed right to federal injunctive and...

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