McGrew v. City of Jackson, Mississippi
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM HAROLD COX, District Judge:
The plaintiffs, as operators of a motion picture show in Jackson, Mississippi, brought this suit against the defendants to enjoin the enforcement of a state obscenity statute against a public showing of a film called “The Pox'.” This criminal proceeding was instituted before the police justice of the municipality as an ex officio Justice of the Peace in such state case. The state of Mississippi is not made a party to this suit. We are not confronted in this case with any of the problems raised in the cases involving the obscenity of books and written…
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