MANUAL ENTERPRISES, INC. v. DAY

No. 16072.

289 F.2d 455 (1961)

MANUAL ENTERPRISES, INC., et al., Appellants, v. J. Edward DAY, Postmaster General, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 23, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Stanley M. Dietz, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Mr. Donald S. Smith, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before FAHY, DANAHER and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.


BASTIAN, Circuit Judge.

In April, 1960, postal officials determined that three magazines, "Manual," "Trim," and "Grecian Guild Pictorial," (hereinafter referred to as appellants), were non-mailable under 18 U.S.C. § 1461 as being obscene and as conveying information as to how and where obscene matter might be obtained. Pursuant to this determination, copies of the magazines were withheld from dispatch. Shortly thereafter an administrative hearing was conducted...

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