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POSTERS `N' THINGS, LTD. v. UNITED STATES

No. 92-903.

511 U.S. 513 (1994)

114 S.Ct. 1747

128 L.Ed.2d 539

POSTERS `N' THINGS, LTD., et al. v. UNITED STATES

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 23, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfredo Parrish argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief was Elizabeth Kruidenier.

Deputy Solicitor General Bryson argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Days, Acting Assistant Attorney General Keeney, Robert A. Long, Jr., and Joel M. Gershowitz.

Blackmun, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J.,and Stevens, O'Connor, Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Kennedy and Thomas, JJ., joined, p. 527.

Justice Blackmun, delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case we must address the scienter requirement of the Mail Order Drug Paraphernalia Control Act, Pub. L. 99-570, Tit. I, § 1822, 100 Stat. 3207-51, formerly codified, as amended, at 21 U. S. C. § 857, and the question whether the Act is unconstitutionally vague as applied to petitioners.

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In 1977, petitioner Lana Christine Acty formed petitioner Posters `N' Things, Ltd. (Posters...

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