Bainbridge v. City of Minneapolis
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to enjoin defendant city, W. G. Nye, as mayor of the city, and Oscar Martinson, as its chief of police, from revoking the license of defendant city for the operation of plaintiffs theatre.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to enjoin defendant city, W. G. Nye, as mayor of the city, and Oscar Martinson, as its chief of police, from revoking the license of defendant city for the operation of plaintiffs theatre. In the answer defendant Nye alleged that .his reason for prohibiting the exhibition of the production known as “The Birth of a Nation” in plaintiffs theatre and in other public play houses in the city was that he knew of his own knowledge that the production contained views and pictures which tended to bring reproach upon the negro race, and for that reason…
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
Plaintiff is the lessee of the Shubert Theatre in Minneapolis and he has a license to operate the same as a theatre. In October of this year he made an arrangement with the owners of the films of the photoplay entitled “The Birth of a Nation,” to exhibit the same at the Shubert Theatre. Thereupon W. G. Nye, mayor of Minneapolis, after a con*197ference, advised plaintiff that he would not permit the photoplay to be exhibited, and that he would revoke the license of the Shubert Theatre should the plaintiff exhibit the play there. Plaintiff brought this action to enjoin the mayor from revoking…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State ex rel. Hart v. Common CouncilSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- People Ex Rel. Schwab v. . GrantNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Hunstiger v. KilianSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- Harmison v. City of LewistownIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- State ex rel. Minces v. SohoenigSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
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3Cited by12 opinions
- American Civil Liberties Union v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1954
- Sabes v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1963
- State v. RosensteinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
- Message Photo-Play Co. v. BellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
- Douglas v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1975
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