| Holmby Productions, Inc. v. Vaughn | |
|---|---|
| Court | Supreme Court of Kansas |
| Full case name | Holmby Productions, Incorporated, and United Artists Corporation, Appellees, v. Mrs. Frances Vaughn, Mrs. J.R. Stowers and Mrs. Bertha Hall, constituting The Kansas State Board of Review; Harold R. Fatzer, Attorney General of the State of Kansas; and Donald E. Martin, County Attorney of Wyandotte County, Kansas, Appellants. |
| Decided | April 9, 1955 |
| Citations | Holmby Productions inc v. Vaughn; 282 P.2d 412 |
| Case history | |
| Appealed from | District court of Wyandotte county |
| Appealed to | United States Supreme Court |
| Subsequent actions | Judgment reversed, 350 U.S. 870 |
| Holding | |
| The original trial court decision, finding that the censorship statute is unconstitutional, is overturned; under the statute, a court can only overturn the board judgment if it is clearly wrong; the denial of the permit is upheld | |
| Court membership | |
| Chief judge | William West Harvey |
| Case opinions | |
| Decision by | Clair E. Robb |
| Laws applied | |
| G.S. 1949, 51-102, 51-103, 51-107 | |
Holmby Productions, Inc. v. Vaughn, 177 Kan. 728 (1955), 282 P.2d 412,[1] is a Kansas Supreme Court case in which the Kansas State Board of Review, the state censorship board, and the attorney defendants appealed the decision of the District Court of Wyandotte County. It was found that the law that allowed the board to deny a request for a permit allowing United Artists to show the motion picture The Moon is Blue in Kansas theaters was unconstitutional, and an injunction was issued prohibiting the defendants from stopping the exhibition of the film in Kansas.[1]