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FREEDMAN v. MARYLAND, 380 U.S. 51

FREEDMAN v. MARYLAND, 380 U.S. 51

380 U.S. 51 | 1965-03-01

U.S. Supreme Court

FREEDMAN v. MARYLAND, 380 U.S. 51 (1965)

380 U.S. 51

FREEDMAN v. MARYLAND. 

APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND. 

No. 69. 

Argued November 19, 1964. 
Decided March 1, 1965. 

Appellant was convicted of exhibiting a motion picture without submitting it to the Maryland State Board of Censors for prior approval, despite his contention that the motion picture censorship statute unconstitutionally impaired freedom of expression. The Maryland Court of Appeals affirmed. Held:

1. Where motion pictures are concerned, a requirement of prior submission to a censorship board is not necessarily...