Legal Opinion
Trans-Lux Distributing Corp. v. Maryland State Board
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided September 27, 1965No. [No. 143, September Term, 1965 (Adv.)]PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Barnes, J.,
delivered the majority opinion of the Court. Horney and Sybert, JJ., dissent. Dissenting opinion by Horney, J., at page ,115, infra.
After the Supreme Court of the United States invalidated Maryland’s statute1 requiring licensing by the Maryland State Board of Censors (the Board) of motion pictures prior to their exhibition, by its decision in Freedman v. Maryland, 380 U. S. 51, 85 S. Ct. 734, 13 L. Ed. 2d 649 (decided March 1, 1965),2 the General Assembly of Maryland enacted Chapter 598 of the Acts of 1965 (Act of 1965) as an emergency measure which *101became effective upon its…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Freedman v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Kingsley Books, Inc. v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by27 opinions
- A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General of MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- In Re GianniniCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
- Sanza v. Maryland State Board of CensorsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1967
- Donnenberg v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1967
- Dunn v. Maryland State Board of CensorsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
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