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CRANE v. STATE OF TEX.

Civ. A. No. CA-3-80-0978-G.

534 F.Supp. 1237 (1982)

Stephen C. CRANE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The STATE OF TEXAS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Texas, Dallas Division.

March 11, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas R. Larson, Johnston & Larson, Peter Lesser, Dallas, Tex., for American Civil Liberties Union.

Gerald C. Carruth, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for intervenor.

Chas. L. Baldree, Sue L. LaGarde, J. Steven Bush, Asst. Dist. Attys., Federal Litigation Section, Dallas, Tex., for Henry Wade, Murdoch and State of Tex.

Earl Luna, Law Offices of Earl Luna, Dallas, Tex., for Dallas County, Ben Ellis, John Orvis, Mike Schwille, Harold Entz, Tom Price, Berlaind Brashear and Chuck Miller.

Joseph G. Werner, Asst. City Atty., Dallas, Tex., for Perez, Woods, City of Dallas: (Dismissed After Trial).

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.

I. Factual Background

On April 21, 1980, Stephen C. Crane was arrested at his office and jailed pursuant to a misdemeanor capias alleging that he knowingly exhibited obscene film at the Crystal Adult Theater in Dallas. It later developed that Crane was arrested only because a lawyer with whom Crane shares office space listed him, without...

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