GROVE PRESS, INC. v. BAILEY

Civ. A. No. 69-770.

318 F.Supp. 244 (1970)

GROVE PRESS, INC., a New York Corp. v. Melvin BAILEY, Sheriff of Jefferson County, Alabama, David Orange, Deputy Sheriff of Jefferson County, Alabama, Earl Morgan, District Attorney of Jefferson County, Alabama, Harry Pickens, Deputy District Attorney of Jefferson County, Ala., and Jay W. Morris, Chief of Police of the City of Midfield, Ala.

United States District Court, N. D. Alabama, S. D.

August 14, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Corretti, Corretti, Newsom, Rogers & May, Birmingham, Ala., H. Powell Lipscomb, Lipscomb & Lipscomb, Bessemer, Ala., for plaintiff.

Norman K. Brown, Harry E. Pickens, Bessemer, Ala., for defendants.

Before RIVES, Circuit Judge, and ALLGOOD and McFADDEN, District Judges.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM.

This cause is before the Court upon petition of plaintiff for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief. The jurisdiction of this Court is based upon diversity of citizenship and a federal question.

The events which led to the filing of this petition are as follows: On November 21, 1969, plaintiff's motion picture film, "I Am Curious (Yellow)", was being shown for the first time in the State of Alabama at the Midfield...

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