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WM. GOLDMAN THEATRES v. DANA et al.

405 Pa. 83 (1961)

William Goldman Theatres, Inc. v. Dana (et al., Appellant).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 26, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne X. Alpern, Attorney General, with her Lois G. Forer, Deputy Attorney General, for State Board of Motion Picture Control and Superintendent of Public Instruction, appellants.

Edwin P. Rome, with him Morris L. Weisberg, and Blank, Rudenko, Klaus & Rome, for appellees.

Bernard G. Segal, with him Samuel D. Slade, Arlin M. Adams, William A. Schnader, and Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, for appellees.

William B. Ball, with him John H. Bream, for amicus curiae.

Matthew W. Bullock, Jr. and Julian Goldberg, for American Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiae.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, BOK and EAGEN, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, July 26, 1961:

The Commonwealth appeals from separate decrees of the court below in two suits, which respectively adjudged the Motion Picture Control Act of September 17, 1959, P.L. 902, 4 PS § 70.1 et seq., unconstitutional.

The first suit (Appeal No. 22) was instituted by William Goldman Theatres, Inc., and Pennsylvania Association of Amusement Industries by William Goldman...

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