Legal Opinion
De Salvo v. Codd
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 23, 1974No. 74 Civ. 2055PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT J. WARD, District Judge:
Plaintiff instituted this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking a declaration that New York’s criminal and civil anti-obscenity statutes, New York Penal Law art. 235 McKinney’s Consol.Laws, c. 40 (“the criminal statute”)1 and New York Civil Practice Law and Rules § 6330 (“the civil statute”),2 are unconstitutionally vague *1295and overbroad, both on their face and as construed, and that the procedure established by CPLR § 6330 is unconstitutional insofar as it authorizes a total restraint upon the exhibition of a motion picture prior to a final…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by3 opinions
- American Booksellers Ass'n, Inc. v. SchiffDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 1986
- De Salvo v. CoddDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1974
- People v. Lo Ji Sales, Inc., New York County Courts1978