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Teitel Film Corp. v. Cusack, 390 U.S. 139 (1968)
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Teitel Film Corp. v. Cusack, 390 U.S. 139 (1968)
Teitel Film Corp. v. Cusack No. 787 Decided January 29, 1968 390 U.S. 139
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF ILLINOIS
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Appellants, who were permanently enjoined by the Illinois courts from showing certain motion pictures, challenged the Chicago Motion Picture Censorship Ordinance as unconstitutional on its face and as applied. The ordinance allows 50 to 57 days to complete the administrative process, and there is no provision for a prompt judicial decision by the trial court of the alleged obscenity of the film.
Held: Appellants’ constitutional rights were violated, since the requirements of Freedman v. Maryland, 380 U.S. 51, that the censor, within a "specified brief period," either issue a license or go to court to restrain showing the film, and that there be "prompt final judicial decision," were not met.
38 Ill.2d 53, 230 N.E.2d 241, judgments reversed and remanded.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Teitel Film Corp. v. Cusack, 390 U.S. 139 (1968) in 390 U.S. 139 Original Sources, accessed July 30, 2025, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=6RCBAZFUJKYGN3Z.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Teitel Film Corp. v. Cusack, 390 U.S. 139 (1968), in 390 U.S. 139, Original Sources. 30 Jul. 2025. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=6RCBAZFUJKYGN3Z.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Teitel Film Corp. v. Cusack, 390 U.S. 139 (1968). cited in 1968, 390 U.S. 139. Original Sources, retrieved 30 July 2025, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=6RCBAZFUJKYGN3Z.
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