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Times Film Corp. v City of Chicago (docket #: 34) (1961)  [Findlaw]

Argument Date 10/19/1960
Decided 01/23/1961
Supreme Court Vote 5-4
Supreme Court Ruling Free Speech claim denied; ruling that there is no complete and absolute freedom to exhibit, even once, any and every kind of motion picture.
 
IssueWhether a Chicago ordinance requiring submission of films for examination by city officials as prerequisite to granting of permit for public exhibition of such films violates the First Amendment.
Majority Opinion Clark, J. (joined by Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, and Blackmun, JJ.)
Dissenting Opinion Warren, C.J. (joined by Black, Brenna and Douglas, JJ.)
Lower Court 7th Circuit
Lower Court Ruling Free Speech claim denied.
Lawyers
For Petitioner
Felix J. Bilgrey and Abner J. Mikva

For Respondent
Robert J. Collins and Sydney R. Drebin

Opinion - Lower Court
Times Film Corp. v. City of Chicago, 272 F.2d 90 (C.A.7 1959)
News
"Bill Proposed for State Film Censor Board," Chicago Daily Tribune, Feb. 1, 1961, pg. 5
"Censor Hails Decision," New York Times, Jan. 24, 1961, pg. 20
"Censorship is Not the Point," Los Angeles Times, Jan. 25, 1961, sect. B, pg. 4
"Chicago Fights For Right to Censor Movies; U.S. Supreme Court Hears Case," Chicago Daily Tribune, Oct. 21, 1960, pg. 9
"High Court Hears Film-Censor Case; Exhibitor Seeks the Right to Show Film Before Review by Official Authorities," New York Times, Oct. 21, 1960, pg. 65
"Licensing is Held Issue in Film Case; That Right, Not Censorship, U.S. Lawyer for ‘Miracle’ Movie Says," New York Times, Feb. 1, 1961, pg. 31
"The Nation," New York Times, Jan. 29, 1961, sect. E, pg. 2
Chemerinsky, Erwin, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: PRINCIPLES & POLICIES (2nd ed., 2002), sect. 11.3.4.5
Clayton, James E., "Chicago Film Censorship Argued in High Court," The Washington Post (Times Herald), Oct. 21, 1960, sect. A, pg. 9
Crowther, Bosley, "A Hurtful Decision; Supreme Court Votes to Keep Film Censoring," New York Times, Jan. 29, 1961, sect. X, pg. 1
Hearst, Joseph, "Uphold Right of Chicago to Censor Films; ‘Absolute’ Freedom of Speech Denied," Chicago Daily Tribune, Jan. 24, 1961, pg. 6
Lewis, Anthony, "Censor Upheld; Court Rules Pre-Submission of Films Can Be Required," New York Times, Jan. 29, 1961. sect. E, pg. 8
Lewis, Anthony, "High Court Backs Movie Censoring; Holds, 5-4, That States and Cities Have Right to Deny a Permit for Films," New York Times, Jan. 24, 1961. pg. 1
Lewis, Anthony, "High Court Opens Busy Term Today; Faces Key Issues; Study of Church and State, Race Relations and Curbs on Reds Mark Docket, 5 Blue-Law Tests Due, Connecticut’s Birth-Control Bans," New York Times, Oct. 3, 1960. pg. 1
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