EMBASSY PICTURES CORPORATION v. HUDSON

Civ. A. No. 5022.

226 F.Supp. 421 (1964)

EMBASSY PICTURES CORPORATION v. F. C. HUDSON et al., Members of the Board of Censors of the City of Memphis and Claude A. Armour, John T. Dwyer, William W. Moore, and William Farris, Mayor and Commissioners of the City of Memphis, and J. C. McDonald, Chief of Police, City of Memphis.

United States District Court W. D. Tennessee, W. D.

February 11, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Grider, W. J. Michael Cody, Memphis, Tenn., Ephraim London, New York City, for plaintiff.

Robert M. McRae, Jr., F. B. Gianotti, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., for defendants.


BAILEY BROWN, District Judge.

This is an action filed by Embassy Pictures Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation with principal place of business in New York City, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the Board of Censors and certain officials of the City of Memphis. The defendants have filed a motion to dismiss.

Plaintiff alleges in its complaint that it is the sole owner of the right to exhibit and the right to license for exhibition a movie...

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