XLNT Corp. v. Municipal Court of Kansas City

DONNELLY, Justice.

On August 21, 1975, and September 4, 1975, an agent of respondent was summoned to appear in the Municipal Court of Kansas City, Missouri, to answer a charge that respondent had exhibited obscene movies. The case was continued from time to time and on September 23,1975, counsel for respondent filed his Petition for Writ of Prohibition with the Circuit Court of Missouri, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit. On September 23, 1975, the Honorable J. Donald Murphy, Judge of the Circuit Court, issued a Preliminary Writ of Prohibition.

The parties then filed pleadings and stipulations as to…