Potomac News Co. v. United States

Potomac News Co. v. United States, 389 U.S. 47 (1967)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: October 23, 1967
Docket: No. 164
Judges: Harlan, Marshall
Citations: 389 U.S. 4788 S. Ct. 23319 L. Ed. 2d 461967 U.S. LEXIS 441

Cited by 45 1 descriptions by later courts

Opinion of the Court — Per Curiam

Per Curiam.

The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted and the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is reversed. Redrup v. New York, 386 U. S. 767 .

Concurrence — Harlan

Mr. Justice Harlan

concurs in the judgment of reversal upon the premises stated in his separate opinion in. Roth v. United States, 354 U. S. 476, 496 , and in his dissenting opinion in Memoirs v. Massachusetts, 383 U. S. 413, 455, 457 .

The Chief Justice dissents. Mr. Justice Marshall took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

Combined text as published — syllabus, headnotes and all opinions in one document

389 U.S. 47 (1967)

POTOMAC NEWS CO.

UNITED STATES.

No. 164.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 23, 1967. ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT.

Stanley M. Dietz for petitioner.

Solicitor General Marshall, Assistant Attorney General Vinson and Jerome M. Feit for the United States.

PER CURIAM.

The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted and the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is reversed. Redrup v. New York, 386 U. S. 767 .

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN concurs in the judgment of reversal upon the premises stated in his separate opinion in Roth v. United States, 354 U. S. 476, 496 , and in his dissenting opinion in Memoirs v. Massachusetts, 383 U. S. 413, 455, 457 .

THE CHIEF JUSTICE dissents.

MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

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(purveyor intended to distribute the magazine among male homosexuals at a mark-up from twenty-four cents to five dollars a copy.)

United States v. Baranov, 418 F.2d 1051 (9th Cir. 1969)

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United States v. Herman L509 F.2d 368 (D.C. Cir. 1975)
Wayne County Prosecutor v. Doerfler165 N.W.2d 648 (Mich. Ct. App. 1968)
State v. Hoyt174 N.W.2d 700 (Minn. 1970)
People v. Stabile58 Misc. 2d 905 (N.Y. City Crim. Ct. 1969)

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Depth	Case	Cited by
	Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 (1957)	2,473
	A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney Gen. of Mass., 383 U.S. 413 (1966)	656
	Redrup v. New York, 386 U.S. 767 (1967)	334

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