UNIVERSAL AMUSEMENT CO., INC. v. VANCE

Civ. A. No. 73-H-528.

404 F.Supp. 33 (1975)

UNIVERSAL AMUSEMENT CO., INC., et al. v. Carol VANCE et al.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

July 3, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde Woody and Marian Rosen, Woody & Rosen, Houston, Tex., for Universal Amusement Co., Inc., et al.

Joseph G. Rollins, Sr. Asst. City Atty., Joe Moss, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Tex., Lonnie F. Zwiener, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for Carol Vance et al.

Malcolm Dade, Dallas, Tex., J. Mack Ausburn, San Antonio, Tex., Frierson M. Graves, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., for King Arts Theatre, Inc.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., by Max P. Flusche, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for George E. McCrea et al.

Mike Aranson, Tony Kaufman, Dallas, Tex., for Ellwest Stereo Theatres, Inc.

N. Alex Bickley, City Atty., Joseph G. Werner, Asst. City Atty., Dallas, Tex., for Donald Byrd and Mel Southall.

John B. Tolle, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for Robert Cole.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., by Lonny F. Zwiener, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for State of Texas.

J. Mack Ausburn, San Antonio, Tex., for Richard C. Dexter.

Keith W. Burris, Dist. Atty., Nelson M. Atwell, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., Edgar Pfeil, Jane H. Macon, San Antonio, Tex., for Ted Butler et al.

Before INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge, and SINGLETON and TAYLOR, District Judges.


SINGLETON, District Judge:

I. Introduction

This case comes before this three-judge court in a unique posture. The original case, Universal Amusements v. Vance, the captioned case, was brought in the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, and concerned the impending trial of a motion picture theater operator who had shown the film "Deep Throat." Plaintiffs in that case challenged the constitutionality of article 527 of the Texas Penal...

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