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United Artists Corporation v. Harris

District Court, W.D. Oklahoma

Decided August 23, 1973No. Civ. A. CIV-73-498-DPublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND JUDGMENT

HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

This is an action for injunctive and declaratory relief against seizure of the film “Last Tango in Paris” (Tango) and prosecution under the Oklahoma obscenity statutes for its exhibition.1 The plaintiff United Artists Corporation (United), as distributor of the film, claims that the statutes violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Federal Constitution. Among other things United specifically says that the statutes fail to comply with requirements for valid obscenity laws, recently spelled out in Miller v. California, 413 U.S.…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Penthouse International, Ltd. v. McAuliffeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  2. McCrary v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1974
  3. State Ex Rel. Field v. HessSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1975
  4. Penthouse International, Ltd. v. McAuliffeDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1977
  5. Penthouse International, Ltd. v. McAuliffeDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1978

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