Legal Opinion
Universal Amusement Co. v. Vance
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 28, 1977No. 75-4312PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
Presented with a number of requests for appointment of three-judge district courts to hear challenges to Texas statutes dealing with obscenity, the Chief Judge of this circuit consolidated all such cases for trial before one three-judge district court in Houston. The managing judge of that court attempted to simplify its Brobdingnagian task by choosing, and setting for trial those three of the twenty consolidated cases • which seemed to represent adequately the challenges of the remaining cases while presenting the fewest possible jurisdictional problems. We consider today…
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Familias Unidas, an Unincorporated Association, and Irma Torrez v. Dolph BriscoeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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- Robinson v. KimbroughCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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- Natco Theatres, Inc. v. RatnerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1979
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