Legal Opinion
Smith v. Crumlish
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 14, 1966No. Appeals, 327 and 328PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Hoffman, J.,
This appeal raises important constitutional questions concerning the seizure of allegedly obscene motion picture films and the prosecution of exhibitors under certain sections of The Penal Code.
On November 23, 1964, in response to citizens’ complaints, a member of the District Attorney’s staff and a county detective viewed “Olga’s House of Shame,” a film which was being shown at the Devon Theater and the Art Spruce Theater. The following day the detective applied to a Philadelphia magistrate for a search and seizure warrant, alleging that the motion picture was obscene…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Freedman v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Pirillo v. PirilloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Grove Press Inc. v. City of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- Commonwealth v. Guild Theatre, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- House v. AneHawaii Supreme Court · 1975
- Cambist Films, Inc., a Corporation v. Robert W. DugganCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
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