Legal Opinion
Milky Way Productions, Inc. v. Leary
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 27, 1970No. 69 Civ. 3638, 3808PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANKEL, District Judge.
This three-judge court has been convened to consider applications for injunctive and other relief by plaintiffs in two consolidated cases who assert that their rights under the First Amendment, as it applies via the Fourteenth, are being infringed by state arrests and prosecutions on obscenity charges.
In one case plaintiffs are Milky Way Productions, Inc., and two of its officers, engaged in publishing a weekly tabloid called “Screw, The Sex Review.” The other suit is brought by New York Feed Company, Inc., and Stephen Heller, who publish a bi-weekly tabloid entitled…
2Cases cited49 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
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by89 opinions
- Allee v. MedranoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. Edward A. Wild, Jr. And Louis CorradoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Luis Marti and Lou SaksCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- 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
- People v. HellerNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
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