Date:  Tue, 25 Nov 1997 10:15:42 -0500
From:  Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Auto-erotic asphyxiation (new term?)

I searched Lexis/Nexis, Medline, and one or two other databases for the
term _auto-erotic asphyxiation_. The earliest usage I can find is in the
case of Herceg v. Hustler Magazine, Inc., 565 F. Supp. 802 (1983). The

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