Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson (No. 522) 303 N.Y. 242, 101 N.E.2d 665, reversed.
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REED, J., Concurring Opinion

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

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343 U.S. 495

Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson

APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NEW YORK

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No. 522 Argued: April 24, 1952 --- Decided: May 26, 1952

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MR. JUSTICE REED, concurring in the judgment of the Court.

Assuming that a state may establish a system for the licensing of motion pictures, an issue not foreclosed by the Court's opinion, our duty requires us to examine the facts of the refusal of a license in each case to determine [p507] whether the principles of the First Amendment have been honored. This film does not seem to me to be of a character that the First Amendment permits a state to exclude from public view.