Case Overview

Legal Principle at Issue

Whether a New York law denying licenses to show movies which "alluringly portrays adultery as proper behavior" is viewpont discrimination and violates the First Amendment.

Action

Reversed. Petitioning party received a favorable disposition.

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  • KINGSLEY INTERNATIONAL PICTURES CORP. v. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. (n.d.). First Amendment Library. Retrieved March 6, 2025, from https://www.thefire.org/supreme-court/kingsley-international-pictures-corp-v-regents-university-state-new-york
  • KINGSLEY INTERNATIONAL PICTURES CORP. v. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, First Amendment Library, https://www.thefire.org/supreme-court/kingsley-international-pictures-corp-v-regents-university-state-new-york (last visited 6 Mar. 2025).
  • Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). "KINGSLEY INTERNATIONAL PICTURES CORP. v. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK." Oyez. https://www.thefire.org/supreme-court/kingsley-international-pictures-corp-v-regents-university-state-new-york (accessed March 6, 2025).
  • "KINGSLEY INTERNATIONAL PICTURES CORP. v. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK." First Amendment Library. Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), n.d. 6 Mar. 2025, www.thefire.org/supreme-court/kingsley-international-pictures-corp-v-regents-university-state-new-york.
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