Legal Opinion
General Corp. v. State Ex Rel. Sweeton
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 18, 1975No. SC 521PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*661ALMON, Justice.*
The question presented by this appeal is whether the Alabama Red Light Abatement Act, Tit. 7, § 1091 et seq., Code of Alabama 1940, Recompiled 1958, can be constitutionally applied to the exhibition of obscene motion pictures. More specifically, whether the showing of obscene motion pictures constitutes a public nuisance, the sanction for which is the padlocking of the premises for up to one year.
The complaint filed January 16, 1973, alleged that for a period in excess of nineteen months, appellant had consistently shown obscene films at the Fox Cinema Theatre and that the…
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