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MANGUM v. MD. ST. BD. OF CENSORS

[No. 109, September Term, 1974.]

273 Md. 176 (1974)

328 A.2d 283

MANGUM, INDIV. AND AS MANAGER OF NORTH CINEMA, INC. v. MARYLAND STATE BOARD OF CENSORS

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 25, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Seekford for appellant.

Norman Polovoy, Deputy Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and Josef E. Rosenblatt, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE and O'DONNELL, JJ., and CHARLES E. ORTH, JR., Chief Judge of the Court of Special Appeals, specially assigned.

ELDRIDGE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, petitioner challenges a decision of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City (James W. Murphy, J.) which upheld the Maryland State Board of Censors' refusal to grant a license for exhibition of the film "Deep Throat."

On May 23, 1974, petitioner, on behalf of North Cinema, Inc., submitted the motion picture entitled "Deep Throat" to the Maryland State Board of Censors for review pursuant to Maryland...

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