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U.S. v. PRYBA

Crim. No. 87-00208-A.

674 F.Supp. 1504 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America v. Dennis E. PRYBA, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

November 3, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Leiser, Asst. U.S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., for U.S.

Thomas J. Morris, Jr., Arlington, Va., for Dennis E. Pryba.

William B. Cummings, Alexandria, Va., for Barbara A. Pryba.

Plato Cacheris, Washington, D.C., for Jennifer G. Williams.

J. Frederick Sinclair, Alexandria, Va., for Educational Books, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

Introduction

This twelve count RICO-obscenity prosecution is the latest chapter in the continuing First Amendment-pornography saga.1 The new twist here is the use of RICO,2 indeed apparently the first federal prosecutorial use of RICO against purveyors of allegedly obscene materials.

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