Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Guild Theatre, Inc.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 12, 1968No. Appeal, No. 229PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice O’Brien,
The defendants, appellants here, are the Guild Theatre, Inc., and S. Ralph Green and Millard B. Green, officers of the defendant corporation. On July 16, 1968, the appellants began the exhibition of the motion picture, Therese and Isabelle. Late in the afternoon of July 19, 1968, the District Attorney of Allegheny County filed a complaint in equity alleging that the movie was obscene and requesting an injunction restraining the defendants from exhibiting the movie. Appellants received no notice of the filing of the complaint, nor of the hearing which took place…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Freedman v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Marcus v. Search Warrant of PropertySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- A Quantity of Copies of Books v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Grove Press Inc. v. City of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- General Corp. v. State Ex Rel. SweetonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
- Duggan v. 807 Liberty Ave., Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
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