THE PEOPLE v. MOVIES, INC.

No. 43567.

49 Ill.2d 85 (1971)

273 N.E.2d 366

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. MOVIES, INC. et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied October 4, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PATRICK A. TUITE, of Chicago, for appellants.

EDWARD V. HANRAHAN, State's Attorney, of Chicago (DANIEL P. COMAN, Chief of the Civil Division, and THEODORE A. SHAPERO, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.


Appeal dismissed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

This case is here upon appeal from an order entered by a magistrate in the circuit court of Cook County which found that a certain motion picture film, "Wide Open Copenhagen," also known as "Pornography Copenhagen `70," was obscene, and ordered it "impounded." Because no final judgment has been entered, the appeal must be dismissed.

The proceeding was initiated by complaints...

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