In U.S. v. Robinson, 702 F.3d 22 (2012), a federal grand jury convicted the defendant-appellant of child sex trafficking in violation of 18 U.S. Code § 1591. A victim testified that she started dating the defendant when she was 17 years old but had told him and others that she was 19 years old. She insisted that the defendant was only living off her income as a prostitute and was not a pimp facilitating prostitution.
In United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries, 86 F.2d 737 (2d Cir. 1936), the United States government seized a shipment of contraceptive devices mailed from Japan to a licensed New York physician, arguing that their import violated section 305(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, which at the time prohibited the import of contraceptives. The doctor maintained that the contraceptive devices were intended for patients whose health could be endangered by pregnancy.
