BULLFROG FILMS, INC. v. WICK

No. 86-6630.

847 F.2d 502 (1988)

BULLFROG FILMS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Charles Z. WICK, Director, United States Information Agency, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 17, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy M. Keats, Appellate Staff Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice (Civil Div.), Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants.

David Cole, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York City, Ben Margolis, Margolis, McTernan, Scope & Epstein, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Robert B. Broadbelt, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, Cal., for amici.

Before BROWNING, FLETCHER and POOLE, Circuit Judges.


POOLE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is brought by the United States Information Agency (USIA), as the federal agency charged with the domestic administration of the Beirut Agreement, a multilateral treaty aimed at facilitating the international circulation of "educational, scientific and cultural" audio-visual materials. Under the treaty, qualifying materials receive various benefits, including exemption from import duties. A certificate of international educational...

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