State Cinema of Pittsfield, Inc. v. Matthew J. Ryan, Jr., Esq., William J. Flynn, Esq., and Milo Brown

Plaintiff, a motion picture exhibitor, was ordered to eease showing the film “Vixen” by a state assistant district attorney and a state police officer on pain of seizure of the print and arrest of its agents, 1 2 presumably for violation of the Massachusetts obscenity statute. 3 This action was brought to enjoin the district attorney and state police officer from threatening arrest and prosecution or from seizing or suppressing the film for plaintiff’s failure to comply with the order. By agreement of the parties, the district court heard the request for a temporary restraining order as…