Legal Opinion

Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. v. Specter

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided August 12, 1970No. 70-1751PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

KRAFT, District Judge.

The plaintiffs here challenge the constitutionality of a recently enacted amendment to Pennsylvania’s Penal, Code. 1 *Following the entry of a temporary restraining order 2 on June 29, 1970, a Three-Judge Court was convened. 3 At the hearing on the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction on July 7, 1970, by agreement, the trial on the merits was advanced and consolidated with the preliminary injunction hearing. Fed.R.Civ.P. 65(a) (2).

Resort to extensive testimony was avoided by oral stipulations of counsel and by admissions in the answer of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. City of DallasSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Time Warner Entertainment Co., L.P. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
  2. Borger v. BiscigliaDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1995
  3. National Ass'n of Theatre Owners of Wisconsin, Inc. v. Motion Picture CommissionDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1971
  4. Time Warner Entertainment Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
  5. Swope v. LubbersDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1983

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