TIMES FILM CORPORATION v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 55 C 1006.

139 F.Supp. 837 (1956)

TIMES FILM CORPORATION, a New York corporation, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, a municipal corporation, Richard J. Daley and Timothy J. O'Connor, Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. Illinois, E. D.

March 21, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abner J. Mikva, Chicago, Ill., Bilgrey & Levinson, New York City, for Times Film Corp., plaintiff.

John C. Melaniphy, Corp. Counsel, Edward R. Hartigan, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


PERRY, District Judge.

This action is before the Court upon the objection of the defendants to the Master's Report.

Section 155-4 of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago provides as follows:

"Such permit shall be granted only after the motion picture film for which said permit is requested has been produced at the office of the commissioner of police for examination or censorship. "If a picture or series of pictures, for the showing...

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