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KENT CTY. PROSECUTOR v. ROBERT EMMETT GOODRICH CORP.

Docket No. 55873, (Calendar No. 2).

396 Mich. 253 (1976)

240 N.W.2d 242

KENT COUNTY PROSECUTOR v. ROBERT EMMETT GOODRICH CORPORATION

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided April 1, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Johnston, III, Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for plaintiffs.

Stephen M. Taylor for defendant.

LEVIN, J.

The issue is whether the civil obscenity statute may be applied to bar the showing of the film "The Devil in Miss Jones".1

The statute provides:

"The chief executive or legal office of any city, village or charter township or prosecuting attorney of the county may institute and maintain an action in the circuit court against any person, firm or corporation to enjoin and prevent the sale or further sale or the...

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