Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. MacDonald
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 30, 1975No. 20, 21PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERTS, Justice.
These appeals arise out of a two-pronged effort by the Commonwealth to prevent the showing of certain allegedly obscene motion pictures. The Commonwealth first filed a criminal complaint against Charles MacDonald, Raetta Thompson, and Lance Wolf alleging that they had violated sections 5903 1 and 6504 2 of the Crimes Code by exhibiting the motion pictures “Deep Throat” and “The Devil in Miss Jones.” Subsequently, the Commonwealth filed a complaint in equity against MacDonald only seeking to enjoin exhibition of those motion pictures in the future. Appellees filed a…
2Cases cited61 opinions
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3Cited by56 opinions
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