Trans-Lux Corp. v. State Ex Rel. Sweeton
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
366 So.2d 710 (1979)
TRANS-LUX CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, and Gus Roberts
v.
STATE of Alabama ex rel. Eugene SWEETON, Chief of Police of the City of Huntsville, Alabama.
77-651.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
January 19, 1979.
Julian D. Butler and Steven R. Berryman, of Butler & Potter, Huntsville, for appellants.
Charles H. Younger, Huntsville, for appellee.
2Per curiam
This is an appeal from a judgment holding that the exhibition of the motion picture "The Opening of Misty Beethoven" in an enclosed movie theater constitutes a nuisance abatable under the Alabama Red Light Abatement Act, §§ 6-5-140 to -154…
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