Court Opinion

ID: 9426798
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:18:58.117807+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:23:03.220074
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Mr. Justice Brennan,
with whom Mr. Justice Stewart and Mr. Justice Marshall join, dissenting.
Petitioner was convicted after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa of *311mailing obscene material in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 1461. The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed.
I would reverse. I have previously stated my view that this statute is “ 'clearly overbroad and unconstitutional on its face/ ” see, e. g., Millican v. United States, 418 U. S. 947, 948 (1974) (dissenting from denial of certiorari), quoting United States v. Orito, 413 U. S. 139, 148 (1973) (dissenting opinion).