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CALIFORNIA EX REL. COOPER v. MITCHELL BROS.' SANTA ANA THEATER

No. 81-271.

454 U.S. 90 (1981)

CALIFORNIA EX REL. COOPER, CITY ATTORNEY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA v. MITCHELL BROTHERS' SANTA ANA THEATER ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 30, 1981

PER CURIAM.

The petition for certiorari is granted limited to Question 2 presented in the petition, namely, whether a city, in a public nuisance abatement action brought against a motion picture theater, must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the motion pictures at issue are obscene.1

The Santa Ana City Attorney brought this action against respondents to abate a public nuisance pursuant to Cal. Civ. Proc. Code Ann. § 731...

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