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WISEMAN v. MASSACHUSETTS

No. 621.

398 U.S. 960 (1970)

WISEMAN ET AL. v. MASSACHUSETTS ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

June 15, 1970.

Certiorari denied.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, with whom MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS and MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN join, dissenting.

Petitioners seek review in this Court of a decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court enjoining the commercial distribution to general audiences of the film "Titticut Follies." Petitioners' film is a "documentary" of life in Bridgewater State Hospital for the criminally insane. Its stark portrayal of patient-routine and treatment of the...

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