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McGREW v. CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

Civ. A. No. 4384.

307 F.Supp. 754 (1969)

Irene McGREW et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

December 31, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl T. Thomas, Alex A. Alston, Jr., Charles R. Davis, Thomas A. Coleman, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff.

Will S. Wells, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert G. Nichols, Jr., City Pros. Atty., E. W. Stennett, City Atty., John R. Countiss, III (Special Counsel), Thomas H. Watkins (Special Counsel), Jackson, Miss., for defendants.

Before RIVES, Circuit Judge, and COX and NIXON, District Judges.

WILLIAM HAROLD COX, District Judge:

The plaintiffs, as operators of a motion picture show in Jackson, Mississippi, brought this suit against the defendants to enjoin the enforcement of a state obscenity statute against a public showing of a film called "The Fox." This criminal proceeding was instituted before the police justice of the municipality as an ex officio Justice of the Peace in such state case. The state of Mississippi is not made a party to this suit. We...

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