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CITY OF CHICAGO v. FESTIVAL THEATRE CORP.

No. 54090.

91 Ill.2d 295 (1982)

438 N.E.2d 159

THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Appellant, v. FESTIVAL THEATRE CORPORATION et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 18, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Garber and William R. Quinlan, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Robert R. Retke, Richard F. Friedman and Jerome A. Siegan, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellant.

Patrick A. Tuite, of Patrick A. Tuite, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal concerns the propriety of a permanent injunction issued by the circuit court of Cook County, by which the court restrained the Festival Theatre Corporation and the theater manager, Paul Liang, from presenting obscene live exhibitions. The appellate court held that issuance of the injunction violated the first amendment to the United States Constitution (U.S. Const., amend. I)....

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