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PA. ACCESSORIES TRADE ASS'N, INC. v. THORNBURGH

Civ. A. No. 81-0126.

565 F.Supp. 1568 (1983)

PENNSYLVANIA ACCESSORIES TRADE ASSOCIATION, INC.; Lazy J, Ltd., A Pennsylvania Corporation; Quickdraw Accessories, Inc., a Pennsylvania Corporation; Record Outlet; Merchandising Service of America, Inc., A Pennsylvania Corporation; U.B.C. Grain Company, Inc., A Pennsylvania Corporation; David A. Talmas, Individually and as a director of the Pennsylvania Accessories Trade Association, Inc.; James A. Bauer, Individually and as a director of the Pennsylvania Accessories Trade Association, Inc.; Lenwood Stephens, Individually and as a director of the Pennsylvania Accessories Trade Association, Inc.; Martin Paul Millmond, Individually and as a director of the Pennsylvania Accessories Trade Association, Inc.; and Wayne A. Deakin, Individually and as a director of the Pennsylvania Accessories Trade Association, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Richard THORNBURGH, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and LeRoy S. Zimmerman, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania.

June 22, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Devecka, Robert C. Rayman, Devecka & Rayman, State College, Pa., Leonard I. Sharon, Sharon & Sharon, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Marybeth Stanton, Mary Ellen Krober, Deputy Attys. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION

HERMAN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

Drug paraphernalia statutes and ordinances are a response to the development of an extensive multi-million dollar industry that promotes and glamorizes the illegal use of drugs through the manufacture and sale of implements for preparing and using illicit drugs, primarily marijuana and cocaine. See Hearings Before the House Select Comm. on Narcotics Abuse And Control, 96th Cong...

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