Legal Opinion
Fox Film Corp. v. Collins
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 3, 1925No. Gen. No. 29,983PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Taylor
On December 15, 1924, the plaintiff, Fox Film Corporation, the owner of a moving picture entitled, ‘ ‘ The Deadwood Coach,” filed a bill of complaint in the circuit court. It alleged that on December 8, 1924, it made an application as provided in a certain ordinance of the City of Chicago of November 22, 1922, to the superintendent of police, through the Censor Board, for a permit so that the picture might be produced and exhibited, but that, on the ground that the picture was obnoxious, as representing too much shooting, it was refused. It prayed that a certain ordinance be decreed to be…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Mutual Film Corp. v. Industrial Commission of OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Cicero Lumber Co. v. Town of CiceroIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Arms v. AyerIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- Block v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
- Metropolis Theater Co. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
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3Cited by4 opinions
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