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UNITED STATES v. TEN EROTIC PAINTINGS

Civ. No. 21453.

311 F.Supp. 884 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America v. TEN EROTIC PAINTINGS Identified as George Brosz (SIC), Melle, Water Color, Japanese Painting on Silk, Peverelli, Painting on Crepe Paper, Karel Appel, Indian (SIC) Ink Drawing, Indian Painting, Chinese Painting, Chinese Painting, Hans Bellmen (SIC), Drawing, Anonymous French Etching.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

March 5, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Sessions and Robert G. Mahony, U. S. Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Sheldon H. Braiterman and Michael J. Milton, Baltimore, Md., for claimants.

FRANK A. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

Acting under 19 U.S.C. § 1305,1 the United States instituted this forfeiture proceeding against ten allegedly obscene paintings and drawings. Claimants, Dr. Eberhard Kronhausen and his wife, Dr. Phyllis Kronhausen,2 the owners and collectors of the pictures, filed a motion to dismiss under Federal Civil Rule 12(b) (6) and a motion for summary judgment under Federal Civil...

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