Eckstein v. Melson’s Empirical Analysis
18 F.3d 1181 · 1994
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1460 · 18 U.S.C. § 1461 · 18 U.S.C. § 1466
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Brinegar v. United States · Hamling v. United States · Roth v. United States
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“§ 1466 Engaging in the business of selling or transferring obscene matter (a) Whoever is engaged in the business of selling or transferring obscene matter, who knowingly receives or possesses with intent to distribute any obscene book, magazine, picture, paper, film, videotape, or phonograph or other audio recording, which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or by a fine under this title, or both. (b) As used in this section, the term “engaged in the business" means that the person who sells or transfers or offers to sell or transfer obscene matter devotes time, attention, or labor to such activities, as a regular course of trade or business, with the objective of earning a profit, although it is not necessary that the person make a profit or that the selling or transferring or offering to sell or transfer such material be the person’s sole or principal business or source of income. The offering for sale or to transfer, at one time, two or more copies of any obscene publication, or two or more of any obscene article, or a combined total of five or more such publications and articles, shall create a rebuttable presumption that the person so offering them is "engaged in the business” as defined in this subsection.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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