Sunshine Book Company v. Summerfield, 587

CourtUnited States Supreme Court
Writing for the CourtPER CURIAM
Citation2 L.Ed.2d 352,355 U.S. 372,78 S.Ct. 365
PartiesSUNSHINE BOOK COMPANY and Solar Union Naturisme, Inc., petitioners, v. Arthur E. SUMMERFIELD, Individually and as Postmaster General of the United States
Docket NumberNo. 587,587
Decision Date13 January 1958

355 U.S. 372
78 S.Ct. 365
2 L.Ed.2d 352
SUNSHINE BOOK COMPANY and Solar Union Naturisme, Inc., petitioners,

v.

Arthur E. SUMMERFIELD, Individually and as Postmaster General of the United States.

No. 587.

Supreme Court of the United States

January 13, 1958

Mr. O. John Rogge, for petitioners.

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

On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

PER CURIAM.

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, 77 S.Ct. 1304, 1 L.Ed.2d 1498.

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  • United States v. Hurwitz, Crim. No. 83-20065.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 4th Circuit. Southern District of West Virginia
    • October 21, 1983
    ...Indictment No. 83-20034 wherein Firestone is charged with a § 371 U.S. v. Klein 247 F.2d 908, 920 (2d Cir.1957) cert. denied 355 U.S. 924, 78 S.Ct. 365, 2 L.Ed.2d 354 (1958) conspiracy offense, as well as with twenty-nine substantive violations of 26 U.S.C. § 7206(2) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. In t......
  • State v. Andrews
    • United States
    • Supreme Court of Connecticut
    • November 6, 1962
    ...352, reversing 241 F.2d 772 (9th Cir. 1957); and (4) a postal order finding nudist material unmailable. Sunshine Book Co. v. Summerfield, 355 U.S. 372, 78 S.Ct. 365, [150 Conn. 98] 2 L.Ed.2d 352, reversing 101 U.S.App.D.C. 358, 249 F.2d 114 (1957). Whether the United States Supreme Court ma......
  • U.S. v. Sturman, Nos. 90-3147
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (6th Circuit)
    • January 8, 1992
    ...conspiracy is generally known as a "Klein" conspiracy. See United States v. Klein, 247 F.2d 908 (2d Cir.1957), cert. denied, 355 U.S. 924, 78 S.Ct. 365, 2 L.Ed.2d 354 (1958). In Klein, several persons were charged with defrauding the United States by impeding and obstructing the lawful func......
  • U.S. v. Tarnopol, Nos. 76-1542
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (3rd Circuit)
    • October 13, 1977
    ...as was the trial judge, that this was not enough. In United States v. Klein, 247 F.2d 908 (2d Cir. 1957), cert. denied, 355 U.S. 924, 78 S.Ct. 365, 2 L.Ed.2d 354 (1958), which involved a similar charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States and in which there was evidence, inter alia, o......
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  • United States v. Hurwitz, Crim. No. 83-20065.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 4th Circuit. Southern District of West Virginia
    • October 21, 1983
    ...Indictment No. 83-20034 wherein Firestone is charged with a § 371 U.S. v. Klein 247 F.2d 908, 920 (2d Cir.1957) cert. denied 355 U.S. 924, 78 S.Ct. 365, 2 L.Ed.2d 354 (1958) conspiracy offense, as well as with twenty-nine substantive violations of 26 U.S.C. § 7206(2) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. In t......
  • State v. Andrews
    • United States
    • Supreme Court of Connecticut
    • November 6, 1962
    ...352, reversing 241 F.2d 772 (9th Cir. 1957); and (4) a postal order finding nudist material unmailable. Sunshine Book Co. v. Summerfield, 355 U.S. 372, 78 S.Ct. 365, [150 Conn. 98] 2 L.Ed.2d 352, reversing 101 U.S.App.D.C. 358, 249 F.2d 114 (1957). Whether the United States Supreme Court ma......
  • U.S. v. Helmsley, No. 42
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit)
    • July 30, 1991
    ...did not employ the language of the indictment in United States v. Klein, 247 F.2d 908, 915 (2d Cir.1957), cert. denied, 355 U.S. 924, 78 S.Ct. 365, 2 L.Ed.2d 354 (1958)--"impeding, impairing, obstructing and defeating the lawful functions of the Department of the Treasury in the collection ......
  • Ginsberg v. State of New York, No. 47
    • United States
    • United States Supreme Court
    • April 22, 1968
    ...2091, 18 L.Ed.2d 1302; see also Rosenbloom v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 450, 87 S.Ct. 2095, 18 L.Ed.2d 1312; Sunshine Book Co. v. Summerfield, 355 U.S. 372, 78 S.Ct. 365, 2 L.Ed.2d 352. 4. People v. Tannenbaum, 18 N.Y.2d 268, 270, 274 N.Y.S.2d 131, 133, 220 N.E.2d 783, 785, dismissed as moot, 388 ......
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  • Pornography and Politics: the Court, the Constitution, and the Commission
    • United States
    • Political Research Quarterly Nbr. 24-4, December 1971
    • December 1, 1971
    ...The Homosexual Magazine, Inc. v. Oelsen, 355 U.S. 371 (1958), reversing 241 F.2d772 (9th Cir. 1957) ; Sunshine Book Co. v. Summerfield, 355 U.S. 372 (1958),reversing 249 F.2d 114 (D.C. Cir. 1957) ; Times Film Corp. v. Chicago, 355 U.S. 35,reversing 244 F.2d 432 (7th Cir. 1957).17 360 U.S. 6......

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