Legal Opinion
Astro Cinema Corp. Inc., John Justin and Jess Rockman v. Thomas J. MacKell District Attorney of Queens County
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 24, 1970No. 462, Docket 34025PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge.
On May 7, 1969, acting pursuant to a warrant issued earlier the same day, police seized the motion picture film “The Odd Triangle” and arrested the projectionist and threatre manager at. the Hollis Cinema Theatre, in Queens, New York, charging them with violation of New York’s obscenity statute, Penal Law, McKinney’s Consol.Laws, c. 40, § 235.05. Appellants, Astro Cinema Corp. Inc., owner of the theatre, John Justin and Jess Rockman, company president and theatre manager, respectively, brought an action in federal court, and moved to convene a three-judge…
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