Legal Opinion

Scuncio v. Columbus Theatre, Inc.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided June 10, 1971No. 1075-AppealPublished

1Opinion of the Court

277 A.2d 924 (1971)

JOSEPH C. SCUNCIO et al.

v.

COLUMBUS THEATRE, INC. et al.

No. 1075-Appeal.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

June 10, 1971.

Robert J. McOsker, City Sol., Ronald H. Glantz, Deputy City Sol., Steven S. Saber, Sp. Counsel, Providence, for plaintiffs.

Abedon, Michaelson, Stanzler & Biener, Milton Stanzler, Providence, for defendants.

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

This appeal arises after a hearing before a Superior Court justice and an entry of a judgment declaring the movie "Without A Stitch" to be obscene and enjoining the defendants from showing the film. The plaintiffs are members of the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

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  2. Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General of MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Redrup v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Central Magazine Sales, Ltd. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967

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