Legal Opinion
Cambist Films, Inc. v. State of Illinois
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided October 21, 1968No. 68 C 1714PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT and CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
WILL, District Judge.
This is an action brought under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in which plaintiff, Cambist Films, seeks injunctive relief from the seizure of a motion picture and from a criminal prosecution based on the alleged offense of obscenity. The Court, having considered the pleadings, exhibits and statements of counsel, and after having viewed the motion picture film entitled “Aroused”, hereby enters the following Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law.
Findings of Fact
1. Plaintiff, Cambist Films, is a corporation duly organized and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme 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
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Milky Way Productions, Inc. v. LearyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1970
- Delta Book Distributors, Inc. v. CronvichDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1969
- Astro Cinema Corp. Inc., John Justin and Jess Rockman v. Thomas J. MacKell District Attorney of Queens CountyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Ferris J. Alexander and Edward J. AlexanderCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- Cambist Films, Inc. v. TribellDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1968
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