PARIS ADULT THEATRE I v. SLATON

No. 71-1051.

413 U.S. 49 (1973)

PARIS ADULT THEATRE I ET AL. v. SLATON, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ET AL.

Supreme Court of the United States.

Decided June 21, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Eugene Smith argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief were Mel S. Friedman and D. Freeman Hutton.

Thomas E. Moran argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Joel M. Feldman.*


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioners are two Atlanta, Georgia, movie theaters and their owners and managers, operating in the style of "adult" theaters. On December 28, 1970, respondents, the local state district attorney and the solicitor for the local state trial court, filed civil complaints in that court alleging that petitioners were exhibiting to the public for paid admission two allegedly...

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