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DUGGAN v. GUILD THEATRE, INC. et al.

436 Pa. 191 (1969)

Duggan v. Guild Theatre, Inc. et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 11, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert I. Teitelbaum, with him Martin M. Sheinman, Sidney Silverblatt, and Edmund C. Grainger, of the New York Bar, and Morris, Safier & Teitelbaum, for appellants.

Carol Mary Los, Assistant District Attorney, with her Charles B. Watkins, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, November 11, 1969:

In Commonwealth v. Guild Theatre, Inc., 432 Pa. 378, 248 A.2d 45 (1968), we vacated a preliminary injunction which had barred the showing of the film "Therese and Isabelle" in Allegheny County. The case then went to trial and the chancellor, aided by an "advisory jury," held the movie obscene and issued a permanent injunction. This appeal followed. Appellants assign two principal...

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