Legal Opinion
Excelsior Pictures Corp. v. City of Chicago, Illinois
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 31, 1960No. 59 C 1368PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MINER, District Judge.
The Complaint in this case was filed on August 24,1959, by Excelsior Pictures Corporation, naming as defendants the City of Chicago, Mayor Richard J. Daley and Police Commissioner Timothy J. O’Connor. The facts are not in dispute and a Stipulation of Facts has been filed by the parties setting forth certain of the facts which the parties agree are to be accepted as true for purposes of this proceeding. These facts are as follows:
“1. Plaintiff has the exclusive right to distribute, to license for exhibition and to exhibit in the City of Chicago a certain photoplay or…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Kingsley International Pictures Corp. v. Regents of the UniversitySupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- American Civil Liberties Union v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1954
- Kingsley International Pictures Corp. v. Regents of the UniversityNew York Court of Appeals · 1958
3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. Great American Theatre Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1980
- Monfred v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1961
- Monfred v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1961