Legal Opinion
Kent County Prosecutor v. Robert Emmett Goodrich Corp.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided April 1, 1976No. 55873, (Calendar No. 2)Published
1Opinion of the Court
396 Mich. 253 (1976)
240 N.W.2d 242
KENT COUNTY PROSECUTOR
v.
ROBERT EMMETT GOODRICH CORPORATION
Docket No. 55873, (Calendar No. 2).
Supreme Court of Michigan.
Argued November 7, 1975.
Decided April 1, 1976.
Donald A. Johnston, III, Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for plaintiffs.
Stephen M. Taylor for defendant.
LEVIN, J.
The issue is whether the civil obscenity statute may be applied to bar the showing of the film "The Devil in Miss Jones".[1]
The statute provides:
"The chief executive or legal office of any city, village or charter township or prosecuting attorney of the county may institute and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Stanley v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Alma Motor Co. v. Timken-Detroit Axle Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Neese v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Kent County Prosecutor v. Robert Emmett Goodrich Corp.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1974
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