Legal Opinion
United Artists Corporation v. Proskin
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided July 31, 1973No. 73-CV-315PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Per curiam
United Artists Corporation, a national film distributor, has brought this action for declaratory and injunctive relief to permit a local exhibitor in Albany, New York, 1 to show the motion picture “Last Tango In Paris” without threat of prosecution by the Albany County District Attorney, defendant Proskin, under the New York obscenity statute, N.Y. Penal Law, McKinney’s Consol.Laws, c. 40, §§ 235.00-235.15. Jurisdiction is based upon 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (and its jurisdictional counterpart, 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3)), and upon 28 U.S.C. § 1331, since more than $10,000 is allegedly involved. Declaratory…
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