Connecticut Theatrical Corp. v. City of New Britain

The plaintiffs brought this action for a declaratory judgment determining the validity off an ordinance enacted by the city of New Britain requiring the attendance of a police officer during every performance at a moving picture theater and compelling the owner or operator of the theater to-pay to the police benefit fund, for such police services, a sum equal to the officer’s pay plus ten cents-a day. The plaintiffs also sought an injunction restraining the city from enforcing the ordinance as it applied to their theaters. The trial court concluded that the ordinance was constitutional and…