Legal Opinion
Star v. Preller
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided May 14, 1974No. Civ. 72-27-YPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSEPH H. YOUNG, District Judge.
The petitioner is the owner of two establishments in the City of Baltimore in which are operated a number of so-called “peep shows.” Peep shows are individual viewing machines, showing portions of adult motion pictures and activated by the frequent deposit of coins in the machine. On three different occasions in late 1971 and-early 1972, the two businesses were raided by officers of the Baltimore City Police Department acting pursuant to a warrant. The manager was arrested for failure to have submitted the peep show films to the Maryland State Board of Censors…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Stanley v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Penthouse International, Ltd. v. McAuliffeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Alexander v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1975
- Mangum v. Maryland State Board of CensorsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1974
- City of Delavan v. ThomasAppellate Court of Illinois · 1975
- Associated Film Distribution Corp. v. ThornburghDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
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