GELLING v. TEXAS

No. 707.

343 U.S. 960 (1952)

GELLING v. TEXAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

June 2, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Park, Herbert Wechsler, Philip J. O'Brien, Jr. and Sidney Schreiber for appellant. Price Daniel, Attorney General of Texas, and E. Jacobson, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


Per Curiam;

The judgment is reversed. See Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson, 343 U.S. 495, and Winters v. New York, 333 U.S. 507.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER concurring in the judgment of reversal.

The appellant here was convicted under an ordinance of the city of Marshall, Texas, for exhibiting a picture after being denied a license by the local Board of Censors,...

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