What is the duty of the courts to review the facts of each case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Various Articles of Obscene Merchandise, Schedule No. 1303, 562 F.2d 185 (2nd Cir. 1977):
1 It is the duty of the courts to make "an independent review of the facts of each case". Jacobellis v. Ohio, 378 U.S. 184, 189, 84 S.Ct. 1676, 1678, 12 L.Ed.2d 793 (1964).
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