UNITED ARTISTS CORPORATION v. BOARD OF CENSORS


225 S.W.2d 550 (1949)

UNITED ARTISTS CORPORATION et al. v. BOARD OF CENSORS OF CITY OF MEMPHIS et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 17, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Canale, Glankler, Loch & Little, Daniel D. Canale, of Memphis, Philip J. O'Brien, Jr., New York City, Taylor & Quick, of Memphis, for plaintiffs in error.

J. Seddon Allen, David N. Harsh, Lake Hays, James J. Pleasants, Jr., City Attorney, F. B. Gianotti, Jr., Assistant City Attorney, Kenneth Larkey, Charles M. Crump, Robert W. Pharr, all of Memphis, for defendants in error.


NEIL, Chief Justice.

This case involves the validity of the Private Acts creating the Board of Censors of the City of Memphis, and also of Shelby County. For a clear understanding of the questions raised in the numerous assignments of error, it is necessary that we give a summary of the facts which gave rise to the proceedings in the circuit court in which petitioners sought a review of the official acts of the Board of Censors in writing a letter to one of the petitioners...

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