LUROS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 18707-18711.

389 F.2d 200 (1968)

Milton LUROS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. SUN ERA, INC., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. AMERICAN ART AGENCY, INC., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. PARLIAMENT NEWS, INC., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. LONDON PRESS, INC., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

February 7, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Fleishman, Hollywood, Cal., for appellant; Sam Rosenwein, Studio City, Cal., and Percy Foreman, Houston, Tex., on the brief.

Gene S. Anderson, Atty., Criminal Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., and former United States Atty. Donald E. O'Brien for the Northern District of Iowa, for appellee; Stephen M. Turner, U. S. Atty., Sioux City, Iowa, and Theodore Kleinman, Atty., Criminal Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief.

Before VOGEL, Chief Judge, and GIBSON and LAY, Circuit Judges.


LAY, Circuit Judge.

The recurring problem of obscenity vel non is presented. The appeal arises from a criminal prosecution under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1461 and 1462, as amended (1964), for mailing and transporting "obscene" literature. Appellants are four corporations and their sole stockholder, Milton Luros. A jury trial was held in the Northern District of Iowa, Western Division, under the venue provision applicable to the above statutes, 18 U.S.C. § 3237...

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