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Mutual Film Corp. v. Ohio Industrial Commission
United States Supreme Court
236 U.S. 230 (1915)
- Written by Eric Miller, JD
Facts
An Ohio statute created a board of censors under the authority of the Ohio Industrial Commission (the commission) (defendant). The board was given the power to prohibit the theatrical exhibition of motion pictures that failed to meet the board’s standards of educational value or moral decency. Mutual Film Corporation (Mutual) (plaintiff), a film-production company, brought suit against the commission on the grounds that the board’s ability to effectively ban certain motion pictures from Ohio movie theaters violated free speech and burdened interstate commerce. The court denied Mutual’s ability to enjoin the commission. Mutual appealed. The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (McKenna, J.)
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