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    The document is an appeals court case from 1963 regarding whether magazines published by Humor Magazines, Inc. violated obscenity law. The three judge panel found no significant distinction between the materials in this case and a recent similar case, Excellent Publications, Inc. v. United States, in which obscenity was not found. The panel vacated the district court's judgment, set aside the jury's verdict, and directed the district court to grant the motion for acquittal filed by Humor Magazines, Inc.

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    Filed: 1963-01-15 Precedential Status: Precedential Citations: 311 F.2d 576 Docket: 6003

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    The document is an appeals court case from 1963 regarding whether magazines published by Humor Magazines, Inc. violated obscenity law. The three judge panel found no significant distinction between the materials in this case and a recent similar case, Excellent Publications, Inc. v. United States, in which obscenity was not found. The panel vacated the district court's judgment, set aside the jury's verdict, and directed the district court to grant the motion for acquittal filed by Humor Magazines, Inc.

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    Humor Magazines, Inc. v. United States, 311 F.2d 576, 1st Cir. (1963)

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    311 F.

    2d 576

    HUMOR MAGAZINES, INC., Defendant, Appellant,


    v.
    UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
    No. 6003.

    United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.


    Jan. 15, 1963.

    William S. Green, Manchester, N.H., with whom Kimon S. Zachos and


    Sheehan, Phinney, Bass, Green & Bergevin, Manchester, N.H., were on
    brief, for appellant.
    Paul L. Normandin, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom William H. Craig, Jr.,
    U.S. Atty., was on brief, for appellee.
    Before WOODBURY, Chief Judge, and HARTIGAN and ALDRICH,
    Circuit judges.
    PER CURIAM.

    We see no significant distinction between the relevant materials recently


    considered by this court in Excellent Publications, Inc. v. United States, 1962,
    309 F.2d 362, and the relevant materials before us in the case at bar.

    Judgment will be entered vacating the judgment of the District Court, setting
    aside the verdict, and remanding the case to that Court with directions to grant
    the appellant's motion for judgment of acquittal.

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