Excelsior Pictures Corp. v. Regents of the University

Under review in this case is the denial to petitioners, by the Regents, of a license to exhibit in New York State a motion picture called “ Garden of Eden”. The film, which this court has viewed, is a fictionalized depiction of the activities of the members of a nudist group in a secluded private camp in Florida. There is nothing sexy or suggestive about it. It has been shown in 36 States and in many foreign countries. In it the nudists are shown as wholesome, happy people in family groups practising their “ sincere if misguided theory that clothing, when climate does not require it, is…