December Montréal Mr. Justice James […]

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1979-12

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December Montréal Mr. Justice James K. Hugessen of the Quebec Superior Court upheld a Canada Customs decision prohibiting forty-nine gay male pornography magazines from entering Canada. Hugessen used the "community standards" test to determine which magazines were "immoral" or "indecent," based on defined criteria. The case had been launched in October 1979 after shipments of gay magazines destined for Le Priape Sexshop were confiscated by Canada Customs. Le Priape appealed this decision to the Federal Court of Appeal. (See also October 23, 1980.)

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