Legal Opinion
Duggan v. 807 Liberty Ave., Inc.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 20, 1972No. Appeal, No. 3PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Eagen,
By this appeal, we are asked to remove the onus of injunction from appellants who were showing certain motion pictures asserted to be obscene by the District Attorney of Allegheny County. We are impelled to reverse the decree of the lower court because the procedure utilized by the authorities is constitutionally deficient and the fact that the movies may be obscene, and therefore capable of proscription, cannot rescue it.1
The present dispute arose in the following manner:
On August 9, 1971, the District Attorney filed a complaint in equity in the Court of Common…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Palko v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Speiser v. RandallSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Freedman v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Universal Amusement Co., Inc. v. Carol Vance King Arts Theatre, Inc. v. George E. McCrea the State of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Wilkins v. MarsicoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- Buttonwood Farms, Inc. v. CarsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- AM. BOOKSELLERS ASS'N, INC. v. RendellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Lewis v. City of HarrisburgCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
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