Times Film Corporation v. City of Chicago
| Decision Date | 12 November 1957 |
| Docket Number | No. 372,372 |
| Citation | 355 U.S. 35,2 L.Ed.2d 72,78 S.Ct. 115 |
| Parties | TIMES FILM CORPORATION, petitioner, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Richard J. Daley and Timothy J. O'Connor |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
Mr. Felix J. Bilgrey, for petitioner.
Messrs. John C. Melaniphy and Sydney R. Drebin, for respondents.
On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
The petition for writ of certiorari is granted and the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is reversed. Roth v. U. S. (Alberts v. California), 354 U.S. 476, 77 S.Ct. 1304, 1 L.Ed.2d 1498.
Mr. Justice BURTON and Mr. Justice CLARK are of the opinion that the petition for certiorari should not have been granted.
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