Legal Opinion
Universal Amusement Co., Inc. v. Carol Vance King Arts Theatre, Inc. v. George E. McCrea the State of Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 18, 1978No. 75-4312PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
This Texas obscenity case has had a long and somewhat unusual history. Originally filed on November 12,1973, in the Northern District of Texas under the caption King Arts Theatre, Inc. v. McCrea, it was subsequently consolidated by the Chief Judge of this Court with other obscenity cases pending before a three-judge court sitting in the Southern District of Texas. That court had initially been constituted to hear a single case, Universal Amusement Co. v. Vance, the caption of which graces this opinion.
The consolidated cases eventually mushroomed to twenty, and the…
2Cases cited86 opinions
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3Cited by108 opinions
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