Legal Opinion
Camfield v. City of Oklahoma City
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 4, 2001No. 00-6054PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBriscoe, Circuit Judge
This appeal arises from a well-publicized decision by the Oklahoma City Police Department (OCPD) to remove the Academy Award-winning film The Tin Drum from public access after a state judge opined in an ex parte hearing that the movie contained child pornography in violation of Oklahoma law. Michael Camfield, whose rented copy of the movie was obtained from him at his apartment by three OCPD officers, sued the City of Oklahoma City (City), several members of the OCPD and two state prosecutors under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of his First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. He…
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