Legal Opinion
Grove Press Inc. v. City of Philadelphia
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 3, 1969No. 17956PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
On April 28, 1969, a Swedish motion picture titled “I Am Curious (Yellow)” opened for showing in the City of Philadelphia. That same day, the city solicitor filed an action in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County seeking to enjoin exhibition of the film on the grounds that it was obscene and a public nuisance. 1 In this ex parte proceeding, a Rule to Show Cause why a preliminary injunction should not issue was returned against the theatre, the 19th and Chestnut Street Corporation, and the individual defendants, its owners.
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2Cases cited35 opinions
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Freedman v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Marks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Marks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Universal Amusement Co., Inc. v. Carol Vance King Arts Theatre, Inc. v. George E. McCrea the State of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- People Ex Rel. Busch v. Projection Room TheaterCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. MacDonaldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
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