Legal Opinion
Allen B. Dumont Laboratories, Inc. v. Carroll
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 5, 1950No. 10136PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIGGS, Chief Judge.
The suit at bar was brought under the Federal Declaratory Judgments- Act, now Sections 2201, 2202, Title 28 U.S.C.A. to determine whether the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pursuant to a regulation 1 promulgated by the State Board of Censors under the Act of May 15, 1915, P.L. 534, as amended, 4 P.S. §§ 41-58, 2 may censor films used by the plaintiffs in projecting television programs in the State of Pennsylvania. The court below found among other things, D.C., 86 F.Supp. 813, that the regulation promulgated by the Board of Censors conflicted with federal authority in a…
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- Allen B. Dumont Laboratories, Inc. v. CarrollDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1949
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