Legal Opinion
Xydias Amusement Co. v. City of Houston
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 24, 1916No. 7214PublishedCited by 24 opinions
Appeal from District Court, Harris County; Henry J. Dannenbaum, Judge. Suit for injunction by the Xydias Amusement Company and others against the City of Houston and others. From an order dissolving the temporary restraining order and denying the injunction, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLane, J.
The city council of the city of Houston passed the following ordinance;
“Sec. 37. There is hereby created a board of censors consisting of seven discreet persons, to be appointed by the mayor and approved by the council, whose duty it shall be to investigate all places of public entertainment and amusement, and to take steps to permit or to condemn and prevent the showing of any picture or pictures, vaudeville, entertainments, or the giving of any character of entertainment that is obscentS, immoral, indecent or is calculated to promote or encourage racial or sectional prejudices, indecency or…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Gundling v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Mutual Film Corp. v. Industrial Commission of OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Block v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
- Wilson v. Eureka CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Wilson v. EverettSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Prescott v. City of BorgerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1942
- City of Baytown v. AngelCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1971
- Yellow Cab Transit Co. v. TuckCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
- City of Fort Worth v. McDonaldCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1956
- Leach v. ColemanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1945
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