Legal Opinion
Richards v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 2, 1973No. 7488PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEITH, Justice.
Defendants below appeal from a final judgment permanently enjoining them from the exhibition and distribution of obscene motion pictures. The suit below was brought by the District Attorney of Jefferson County under the authority of § 13, Art. 527, Vernon’s Ann.Penal Code (1972 Supp.), hereinafter referred to as the “Act”. 1 Trial was to a jury and, in answer to several special issues, the jury found that nine specific films were obscene and that the several defendants knowingly permitted the distribution of one or more of such films.
This cause was submitted on oral argument on…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Garza v. AlviarTexas Supreme Court · 1965
- Stanley v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Universal Amusement Co., Inc. v. Carol Vance King Arts Theatre, Inc. v. George E. McCrea the State of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Universal Amusement Co. v. VanceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Universal Amusement Co., Inc. v. VanceDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1975
- Hawthorne v. DavisSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
- State v. BumanglagHawaii Supreme Court · 1981
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