Legal Opinion
Associated Film Distribution Corp. v. Thornburgh
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 20, 1982No. Nos. 81-2706 to 81-2708PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs in this case are movie distributors and producers. They filed suit against Pennsylvania’s governor and several movie exhibitors seeking a declaratory judgment that the Pennsylvania Feature Motion Picture Fair Business Practices Law, 73 P.S. §§ 203-1 through 203-11, was unconstitutional. The trial court granted summary judgment for plaintiffs, striking down the entire statute as violative of the First and Fourteenth Amendments and the preemption provision of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 301, 520 F.Supp. 971.1 For the reasons…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San DiegoSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Schad v. Borough of Mount EphraimSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Village of Schaumburg v. Citizens for a Better EnvironmentSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Orson, Inc. T/a Roxy Screening Rooms v. Miramax Film Corp. Orson, Inc., D/b/a/ Roxy Screening RoomsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
- Orson, Inc. T/a Roxy Screening Rooms v. Miramax Film Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- Storer Cable Communications v. City of MontgomeryDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1992
- United States v. Capitol Service, Inc., Kohlberg Theatres Service Corporation, Marcus Theatres Corporation and United Artists Theatre Circuit, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Associated Film Distribution Corp. v. ThornburghDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1985
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