Legal Opinion

In re Fox Film Corp.

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

Decided July 19, 1928No. 14978Published

1Opinion of the Court

McDevitt, P. J.,

This cause came before the court on appeal from the final order of disapproval of a film constituting a motion-picture play, “She’s Still My Baby.”

This appeal presents the questions (a) whether, under the Act of May 15, 1915, P. L. 534, the Board of Censors has jurisdiction to require the submission to it for approval of such language as may be used in conjunction with the exhibition of a film either by means of a mechanical device or by the use of persons; and (b) whether the board has not been guilty of an abuse of discretion in failing to approve the film “She’s Still My…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Waite v. MacYSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
  2. Commonwealth v. ExlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
  3. Fuel City Mfg. Co. v. Waynesburg Products Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
  4. Citizens Passenger Railway Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  5. Gemas's LicenseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895

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