Today in Supreme Court History: September 13

Sep 12

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M.I.C. Ltd. v. Bedford Township, 463 U.S. 1341 (decided September 13, 1983): Brennan stays injunction against showing two “obscene” movies; theater operator, sued for nuisance, had moved at every level of Michigan court system for expedited hearing, always denied; “prior restraint” exception to First Amendment requires “strict procedural safeguards including immediate appellate review” (this was a drive-in, the “West Point Auto Theatre”; one thinks of the term “autoeroticism”)

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