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MATTER OF PHILLIPS v. McCAFFREY

208 Misc. 267 (1955)

In the Matter of Thomas J. Phillips, Petitioner, v. Edward T. McCaffrey, as Commissioner of Licenses of The City of New York, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Special Term, New York County.

May 19, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold F. Berg for petitioner.

Irwin Karp for Authors League of America, Inc., amicus curiæ.

Charles Ballon, Jacob M. Usadi and Julian S. Perlman for New York Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiæ.

Peter Campbell Brown, Corporation Counsel (Milton Mollen and Janet H. Lewin of counsel), for respondent.

STEUER, J.

Petitioner on October 13, 1954, applied to respondent license commissioner for a license to conduct theatrical performances in a theatre in Brooklyn. The application specified vaudeville and burlesque as the form of entertainment to be offered. After some preliminaries, including two public hearings, respondent denied the application and gave his reasons therefor in writing. This remarkable document...

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