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KINGSLEY PICTURES CORP. v. REGENTS

No. 394.

360 U.S. 684 (1959)

KINGSLEY INTERNATIONAL PICTURES CORP. v. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 29, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ephraim London argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were Seymour H. Chalif and Stephen A. Wise.

Charles A. Brind, Jr. argued the cause and filed a brief for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

Once again the Court is required to consider the impact of New York's motion picture licensing law upon First Amendment liberties, protected by the Fourteenth Amendment from infringement by the States. Cf. Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson, 343 U.S. 495.

The New York statute makes it unlawful "to exhibit, or to sell, lease or lend for exhibition at any place...

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