Legal Opinion
Allen B. Dumont Laboratories, Inc. v. Carroll
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 26, 1949No. Civ. A. 9359PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.
This is a civil action for a declaratory judgment brought by five corporations owned by or affiliated with national television networks and operating federally licensed television stations in Pennsylvania. The Court is asked to determine the validity of a regulation of the Pennsylvania State Board of Censors which requires that all motion picture film intended to be broadcast by television in Pennsylvania be submitted to the Board for censorship purposes.
The plaintiffs contend that the Regulation is invalid because it is in conflict with federal legislation in a field…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- National Broadcasting Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona Ex Rel. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Cloverleaf Butter Co. v. Patterson, Commissioner of Agriculture & IndustriesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Southern Pac. Co. v. State of Arizona Ex Rel. Sullivan, Attorney General of ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
3Cited by10 opinions
- American Libraries Ass'n v. PatakiDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1997
- Allen B. Dumont Laboratories, Inc. v. CarrollCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1950
- Flack v. Municipal Court for the Anaheim-Fullerton Judicial DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
- Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1976
- Schroeder v. Municipal CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1977
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