UNITED STATES v. PENT-R-BOOKS, INC.

Nos. 625-644, Dockets 74-2281, 75-6014 to 75-6032.

538 F.2d 519 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PENT-R-BOOKS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 28, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Monte Levy, New York City, for defendant-appellant.

Constance M. Vecellio, Asst. U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y. (David G. Trager, U. S. Atty., E. D. N. Y., Brooklyn, N. Y., on the brief, Paul B. Bergman, Josephine Y. King, Asst. U. S. Attys., Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for appellee.

Before OAKES and GURFEIN, Circuit Judges, and PIERCE, District Judge.


PIERCE, District Judge:

This appeal, involving twenty cases consolidated for appellate purposes,1 presents a variety of questions concerning the federal statute regulating the mailing of pandering advertisements, 39 U.S.C. § 3008 (the Pandering Law).2

The Pandering Law was enacted by Congress because of a concern about the growing number of complaints received by the Post Office Department and...

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