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Sunshine Book Co. v. Summerfield

U.S.
Jan 13, 1958
355 U.S. 372 (1958)

Summary

requiring "some meeting of minds in an unlawful arrangement" for charge of conspiracy to commit tax fraud

Summary of this case from United States v. Pina

Opinion

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT.

No. 587.

Decided January 13, 1958.

O. John Rogge for petitioners.

Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Doub and Samuel D. Slade for respondent.


The petition for writ of certiorari is granted and the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is reversed. Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476.


Summaries of

Sunshine Book Co. v. Summerfield

U.S.
Jan 13, 1958
355 U.S. 372 (1958)

requiring "some meeting of minds in an unlawful arrangement" for charge of conspiracy to commit tax fraud

Summary of this case from United States v. Pina

In Sunshine Book Co. v. Summerfield, 355 U.S. 372, the court granted certiorari to review the judgment of the Court of Appeals that nudist magazines for general distribution which contained pictures of naked men, women and children accompanying textual matter which the Post Office Department had found not to be obscene and which advocated and explained nudism could be found to be obscene because of the pictures, so that the magazines could lawfully be barred from the mails.

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Case details for

Sunshine Book Co. v. Summerfield

Case Details

Full title:SUNSHINE BOOK CO. ET AL. v . SUMMERFIELD, POSTMASTER GENERAL

Court:U.S.

Date published: Jan 13, 1958

Citations

355 U.S. 372 (1958)
78 S. Ct. 365

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