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HEWITT v. MD. ST. BD. OF CENSORS

[No. 278, September Term, 1968.]

254 Md. 179 (1969)

254 A.2d 203

HEWITT T/A BALTIMORE FILM SOCIETY v. MARYLAND STATE BOARD OF CENSORS

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 6, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Whiteford for appellant.

George W. Liebmann, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and Lewis A. Noonberg, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before BARNES, McWILLIAMS, FINAN, SINGLEY and SMITH, JJ.

BARNES, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal is from an order of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City (O'Donnell, J.), passed August 2, 1968, in which the film "Odd Tastes" was disapproved for licensing as being in violation of the provisions of Code (1957), Art. 66A, § 6 (b) as found by the appellee, Maryland State Board of Censors (the Board). The Board, finding the film to be obscene, petitioned the Circuit...

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