Legal Opinion
Crane v. State of Tex.
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided March 11, 1982No. Civ. A. CA-3-80-0978-GPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.
I. Factual Background
On April 21, 1980, Stephen C. Crane was arrested at his office and jailed pursuant to a misdemeanor capias alleging that he knowingly exhibited obscene film at the Crystal Adult Theater in Dallas. It later developed that Crane was arrested only because a lawyer with whom Crane shares office space listed him, without his knowledge or consent, as one of three “initial directors” in the 1979 Articles of Incorporation of a Texas corporation known as the Crystal Theater. The charges against Crane were dismissed for…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Familias Unidas, an Unincorporated Association, and Irma Torrez v. Dolph BriscoeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Randy Rene Lozano v. William French Smith, Elton FaughtCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Stephen C. Crane, on Behalf of Himself and Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross v. State of Texas v. County of Dallas, Ben Ellis, John Orvis, Mike Schwille, Berlaind Brashear and Chuck Miller, Defendants-Appellants-Cross v. Henry Wade and L. E. MurdochCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Crane v. TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
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- County Commissioners Court of Dallas County v. Williams, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)1982
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