Legal Opinion
Hewitt v. Maryland State Board of Censors
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided June 6, 1969No. [No. 278, September Term, 1968.]PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBarnes, J.
This appeal is from an order of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City (O’Donnell, J.), passed August 2, 1968, in which the film “Odd Tastes” was disapproved for licensing as being in violation of the provisions of Code (1957), Art. 66A, § 6 (b) as found by the appellee, Maryland State Board of Censors (the Board). The Board, finding the film to be obscene, petitioned the Circuit Court for a determination of its obscenity in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Maryland law. The appellant, William E. Hewitt, trading as Baltimore Film Society, submitted the film to the Board for…
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