Legal Opinion
Detco, Inc. v. McCann
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided October 19, 1973No. Civ. A. 72-C-121PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER
REYNOLDS, District Judge.
On July 20, 1972, the plaintiff, a theatre corporation, sought injunctive relief against the enforcement of Wisconsin s obscenity statute, Wis.Stats. § 944.21. 1 In Deteo v. Breier, 349 F.Supp. 537 (E. D.Wis.1972), this court, sitting as a single judge, granted plaintiff a temporary restraining order restraining the defendants from enforcing § 944.21 against the plaintiff on the grounds that as construed and applied the statute was found likely to be in violation of the First Amendment, and additionally, if enforced against plaintiff, he…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Paris Adult Theatre I v. SlatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. 12 200-Ft. Reels of Super 8MM. FilmSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Kaplan v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Detco, Inc. v. BreierDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1972
3Cited by9 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HortonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Birkenshaw v. HaleyDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1974
- Detco, Inc. v. McCannDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1974
- De Salvo v. CoddDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1974
- Commonwealth v. HortonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
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