Kingsley International Pictures Corp. v. Regents of the University

Chief Judge Conway.

This case presents us again with the question of the constitutionality of our motion picture licensing law. Undoubtedly this is often a question of the greatest delicacy. But as we ponder this particular case and what is involved here, we perceive no necessity for apprehension as to the justice or constitutionality of the Board of Regents’ determination to deny a license to this film, “ Lady Chatterley’s Lover ’ ’. This denial was based upon sections 122 and 122-a of the Education Law which require the denial of a license to motion pictures which are immoral in that they…