Legal Opinion
William Goldman Theatres, Inc. v. Dana
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 26, 1961No. Appeals, Nos. 22 and 23PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Jones,
The Commonwealth appeals from separate decrees of the court below in two suits, which respectively ad*86judged , the Motion Picture Control Act of September 17,1959, P. L. 902, 4 PS §70.1 et seq., unconstitutional.
The first suit (Appeal No. 22) was instituted by William Goldman Theatres, Inc., and Pennsylvania Association of Amusement Industries by William Goldman Theatres, Inc., Trustee ad litem, seeking to enjoin the members of the Pennsylvania State Board of Motion Picture Control from enforcing any of the provisions of the Act and to relieve the plaintiffs…
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