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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 hour Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson. Harvard Law School Library. Supreme Court of the United States. 343 U.S. 495, 96 L. Ed. 2d 1098, 72 S. Ct. 777, 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2796, SCDB 1951-084 . No. 522. 1952-05-26. This book, and all H2O books, are Creative Commons licensed for sharing and re-use with the exception of certain excerpts.
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...
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...
Landmark Supreme Court Case Series - Case #347
Whether a New York Education Law that prohibited the commercial showing of any motion picture film without a license, and authorized denial of a license on a censors conclusion that a film was "sacrilegious," violated the First Amendment.
