TIMES FILM CORP. v. CHICAGO

No. 34.

365 U.S. 43 (1961)

TIMES FILM CORP. v. CITY OF CHICAGO ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 23, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Felix J. Bilgrey and Abner J. Mikva argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Robert J. Collins and Sydney R. Drebin argued the cause for respondents. With them on the brief was John C. Melaniphy.


MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner challenges on constitutional grounds the validity on its face of that portion of § 155-41 of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago which requires submission of all motion pictures for examination prior to their public exhibition. Petitioner is a New York corporation owning the exclusive right to publicly exhibit in Chicago the film known as "Don Juan." It applied...

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