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UNITED STATES v. RATNER

No. 71-2062.

502 F.2d 1300 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Samuel RATNER, Albert Ratner, and Wyngate & Bevins, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 25, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mel S. Friedman, W. B. (Bennie) House, Jr., Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Eldon B. Mahon, U. S. Atty., Frank D. McCown, William F. Sanderson, Asst. U. S. Attys., Ft. Worth, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, GOLDBERG and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The individual defendants, Samuel and Albert Ratner, ran a large scale mail order business in allegedly obscene magazines and films. They operated through a California corporation, Wyngate & Bevins, Inc. The corporation mailed sexually explicit advertisements to persons on various mailing lists who had not solicited the material, mailed similar advertisements with each order, and advertised in various magazines. The United States indicted the two Ratners...

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