Today in Supreme Court History: September 13

M.I.C. Ltd. v. Bedford Township, 463 U.S. 1341 (decided September 13, 1983): Brennan stays injunction against showing two allegedly obscene movies; theater operator, sued for nuisance, had moved at every level of the Michigan court system for expedited hearing and all motions had been denied; “prior restraint” exception to First Amendment requires “strict procedural safeguards . . . including immediate appellate review”, not provided here (the theater was called “West Point Auto Theatre”, a drive-in, an appropriate name if you think of the term “autoeroticism”)