UNITED STATES v. ONE REEL OF FILM

No. 73-1181.

481 F.2d 206 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. ONE REEL OF FILM. GERARD DAMIANO PRODUCTIONS, INC., Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 16, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Crowley, Jr., Boston, Mass., for appellants.

Frederic R. Kellogg, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom James N. Gabriel, U. S. Atty., was on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

The subject of this forfeiture proceeding brought under 19 U.S.C. § 1305(a) is a film entitled "Deep Throat." Imported from Canada, the film and its container were seized at Logan Airport, Boston, by officers of the United States Customs Service. The United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts then filed a complaint in the District Court, against which the owner defended. After a trial without jury, the court ordered...

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