TAC AMUSEMENT COMPANY v. MITCHELL

Civ. A. Nos. 71-75, 71-133, 71-337, 71-351, 71-618, 71-685 and 70-3323.

330 F.Supp. 27 (1971)

TAC AMUSEMENT COMPANY et al. v. John N. MITCHELL, Attorney General of the United States et al. Joseph ANCONA, d/b/a Riverlands Amusement Company v. John N. MITCHELL, Attorney General of the United States et al. Charles PACE, d/b/a Palace Amusement Company v. John N. MITCHELL, Attorney General of the United States et al. LOUISIANA NATIONAL BANK OF BATON ROUGE and Southern Fleet Leasing Corporation v. John N. MITCHELL, Attorney General of the United States et al. JEFFERSON MUSIC COMPANY, Inc. v. John N. MITCHELL, Attorney General of the United States et al. Guy C. CHIVLEATTO, d/b/a Guy's Amusement Co. and Central Music Co., Inc. v. John N. MITCHELL, Attorney General of the United States et al. Application of Edmund C. KRAMER, d/b/a Kramer Amusement Company, For injunction and return of Property Illegally Seized v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

June 24, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis C. LaCour, LaCour & Palmisano, New Orleans, La., for TAC Amusement Co., and others.

Benjamin E. Smith, Smith & Scheuermann, New Orleans, La., for Joseph Ancona.

Louis A. DiRosa, DiRosa and Johnson, New Orleans, La., for Charles Pace.

Leopold Stahl, Stahl & Sear, New Orleans, La., for Louisiana Nat. Bank of Baton Rouge and Southern Fleet Leasing Corp.

George S. Hesni, New Orleans, La., for Jefferson Music Co., Inc.

Hilary J. Gaudin, New Orleans, La., for Guy C. Chivleatto.

Virgil M. Wheeler, Jr., Sehrt, Boyle, Wheeler & Butler, New Orleans, La., for Edmund C. Kramer.

James D. Carriere, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for defendants.

Before AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge, and CHRISTENBERRY and CASSIBRY, District Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The plaintiffs in these consolidated cases are claimants of certain "pinball" machines seized by F.B.I. agents for alleged failure of their owners to register with the Attorney General as required by 15 U.S.C. § 1173, part of the Gambling Devices Act of 1962, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1171-78. Plaintiffs seek to enjoin enforcement of the Gambling Devices Act on the ground that it is unconstitutional on its face or alternatively, as applied to them. This...

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