CANAL THEATRES, INC. v. MURPHY

No. 464, Docket 72-2200.

473 F.2d 4 (1973)

CANAL THEATRES, INC., Appellant, v. Patrick MURPHY, Individually and as Police Commissioner of the City of New York and Bess Myerson, Individually and as Commissioner of the Department of Consumer Affairs, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 26, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Kassner, New York City (Kassner & Detsky, New York City, on the brief), for appellant.

Leonard Koerner, New York City (Norman Redlich, Corporation Counsel of City of New York, Stanley Buchsbaum, New York City, on the brief), for appellees.

Before FRIENDLY, Chief Judge, and WATERMAN and HAYS, Circuit Judges.


HAYS, Circuit Judge:

Canal Theatres, Inc., the lessee and operator of a New York City theatre, showing "adult sex movies," appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Ryan, J., denying its motion for an injunction against the enforcement of certain provisions1 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York requiring the licensing of motion picture theatres within the City. We affirm...

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