RIVIERIA ARTS THEATRE v. STATE


412 S.W.2d 890 (1967)

NEW RIVIERIA ARTS THEATRE and H. W. Hill, Plaintiffs in Error, v. STATE of Tennessee, ex rel. Edward E. DAVIS, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 15, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dwayne D. Maddox, Huntingdon, Edward A. Rudley, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel, for plaintiffs in error.

Frierson M. Graves, Jr., Memphis, Amicus Curiae.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., and Thomas E. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendants in error.


OPINION

CHATTIN, Justice.

Edward E. Davis, District Attorney General for the Sixth Judicial Circuit, filed this petition against the defendants, New Rivieria Arts Theatre of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and its manager, H.W. Hill. The petition sought a temporary injunction enjoining the defendants from showing or disposing of the film "London Night Life" or any other film or acquiring other such films. The petition also prayed the temporary injunction be made...

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