Legal Opinion
City of Fitchburg v. 707 Main Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 24, 1976PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBraucher, J.
The plaintiff city brought this action to enforce against the defendants an ordinance forbidding the operation of a motion picture theatre without a license. 2 A restraining order, a preliminary injunction and a permanent injunction were issued, and two of the defendants were found to be in contempt and ordered punished. We hold the ordinance unconstitutionally vague both on its face and as applied, reverse all the orders and judgments in question, and direct that judgment be entered for the defendants, dismissing the action.
On February 14, 1975, the city filed a complaint in the Superior…
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- Walker v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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