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UNITED STATES v. 12 200-FT. REELS OF FILM

No. 70-2.

413 U.S. 123 (1973)

UNITED STATES v. 12 200-FT. REELS OF SUPER 8MM. FILM ET AL. (PALADINI, CLAIMANT)

Supreme Court of the United States.

Reargued November 7, 1972.

Decided June 21, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Griswold reargued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Assistant Attorney General Wilson, Deputy Solicitor General Greenawalt, and Sidney M. Glazer.

Thomas H. Kuchel, by invitation of the Court, 404 U.S. 813, reargued the cause as amicus curiae in support of the judgment below. With him on the brief were Edward Weinberg, George Miron, and Ezra C. Levine.*

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.

We noted probable jurisdiction to review a summary decision of the United States District Court for the Central District of California holding that § 305(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 46 Stat. 688, as amended, 19 U. S. C. § 1305 (a) was "unconstitutional on its face" and dismissing a forfeiture action brought under that statute.1

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