Darlington Theatres, Inc. v. Coker, Sheriff

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. G. Duncan Beleinger, Acting Associate Justice.

This appeal is a consolidation of two actions brought by the owners, respectively, of the Eiberty Theatre in Darling-ton, and the Center Theatre in Hartsville, to obtain an injunction against the peace officers of the State, county and respective towns, prohibiting them from interfering with the operation in such theaters of an advertising or promo tion plan. It is charged in the complaints that the defendants were threatening to arrest the theater owners or managers on the ground that the plan in…