ART THEATER GUILD INC. v. STATE EX REL. RHODES


469 S.W.2d 669 (1971)

ART THEATER GUILD, INC., an Ohio Corporation, d/b/a Studio Art Theater, and William Kendall, Plaintiffs-in-Error, v. STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Lloyd RHODES, District Attorney General, Pro Tem, Defendant-in-Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

July 19, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.J. Michael Cody, Burch, Porter & Johnson, Memphis, for plaintiffs in error.

David M. Pack, Atty. Gen., C. Hayes Cooney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendant in error.


OPINION

CRESON, Justice.

This cause comes to this Court on direct appeal from the Criminal Court of Shelby County. That court determined that a movie film, "Without a Stitch", exhibited and displayed on the screen in Memphis, Tennessee, by plaintiffs in error, was obscene and in violation of T.C.A. § 39-3003 through § 39-3007; and ultimately permanently enjoined plaintiffs in error from further exhibiting, displaying or showing said film.

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