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McDowell v. Columbia Pictures Corporation

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided October 26, 1967No. 6 Div. 422PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARWOOD, Justice.

Columbia Pictures Corporation and several other co-complainants (distributors and exhibitors of motion pictures in Jefferson County, Alabama), filed a declaratory action in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, in Equity, seeking a declaration as to the constitutionality of Act No. 872, Regular Session 1965, as amended by Act No. 96, Special Session 1966. (See Acts of Alabama, Special Session 1966, p. 131.) The respondents are members of the Jefferson County Movie Review Board established under Act No. 872.

Act No. 872, as amended, applicable to any county of this…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Reynolds v. CollierSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
  2. Gray v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
  3. Vaughan v. State Ex Rel. DawsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
  4. Couch v. RodgersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
  5. Bean v. NorthcuttSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Smith v. PottsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
  2. Comer v. City of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
  3. Masters v. PruceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
  4. Echols v. Star Loan CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
  5. JEFFERSON COUNTY, BD. OF HEALTH v. City of BessemerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974

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