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BOOKS, INC. v. UNITED STATES

No. 6552.

358 F.2d 935 (1966)

BOOKS, INC., Defendant, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

April 12, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard A. Kamaras, Providence, R. I., with whom John H. DiStefano, Providence, R. I., was on the brief for appellant.

Frederick W. Faerber, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Raymond J. Pettine, U. S. Atty., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, McENTEE, Circuit Judge, and WYZANSKI, District Judge.

WYZANSKI, District Judge.

Books, Inc., a distributor of paperback books, appeals from a $1500 fine imposed following a jury verdict that, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1465 and § 2(b),1 it had knowingly caused to be transported in interstate commerce for the purpose of sale or distribution Lust Job, an obscene book. The principal issue presented on appeal is whether the District Judge should have ruled as a matter of law...

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