Legal Opinion
United Artists Corporation v. Wright
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided January 5, 1974No. Civ. A. 4208-NPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, District Judge:
Plaintiff, United Artists Corporation, brings suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 2201, seeking to have Chapter 64C of the Alabama obscenity statute, Ala.Code tit. 14, §§ 374(16j)-374(16o) (Supp.1971), declared unconstitutional on its face and as applied. The constitutionality of a statute of statewide application being brought into question, a three-judge district court was convened pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2284. The case is submitted upon the pleadings, affidavits, briefs and depositions filed in this cause.
I. Facts
Plaintiff, a film distributor operating…
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