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PLATT AMUSEMENT ARCADE, INC. v. JOYCE

No. 70-929.

316 F.Supp. 298 (1970)

PLATT AMUSEMENT ARCADE, INC., Sneak-A-Peak, Inc., Isadore Rosenberg, Jean Bauers, Max Levine, Arthur Berta, Louis Locanta and Fredda Thomas v. Stephen A. JOYCE, Superintendent of Police, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Mayer DeRoy, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and Regis Holleran, Police Officer of the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

August 18, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matson & Rothman, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Ralph Lynch, Jr., City Sol., Grace S. Harris, Ass't. City Sol., Pittsburgh, Pa. for defendants.

OPINION

WEIS, District Judge.

The continuing uncertainty about the proper procedures to be followed in obscenity cases brings another matter in that category to this court. On July 27, 1970 police officers from the City of Pittsburgh raided three establishments owned by the corporate plaintiffs, Platt Amusement Arcade, Inc., Sneak-A-Peak, Inc., and seized a quantity of motion picture films which were used in the projectors for this "peep show" type of operation...

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