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Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson, 343 U.S. 495 (1952), also referred to as the Miracle Decision, was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court that largely marked the decline of motion picture censorship in the United States. [1]
1 sty 2009 · In Burstyn v. Wilson, 343 U.S. 495 (1952), the Supreme Court ruled that a New York education law allowing a film to be banned on the basis of its being sacrilegious violated the First Amendment.
The case is about a New York state law that allows films to be banned if they are considered "sacrilegious." A corporation called the appellant had exclusive...
Facts Joseph Burstyn, Inc., a corporation engaged in distributing motion pictures, held the exclusive rights to distribute the film “The...
Provisions of the New York Education Law which forbid the commercial showing of any motion picture film without a license and authorize denial of a license on a censor's conclusion that a film is "sacrilegious," held void as a prior restraint on freedom of speech and of the press under the First Amendment, made applicable to the states by the Fo...
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Burstyn v. Wilson Case Digest - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or view presentation slides online. The Supreme Court reversed a New York court's decision to uphold the New York Board of Regent's revocation of a license to show the film "The Miracle" on the grounds that it was "sacrilegious."
