Word: enjoinment
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Balancing Interests. Doctrinaire conservatives were aghast at the appointment. Later on, Frankfurter infuriated dogmatic liberals, who had thought he was their captive. The man who had attacked the business-minded Supreme Court in the '20s now upheld the right of states to enjoin even peaceful picketing. The man who had denounced "Red raids" after World War I now sustained constitutionally debatable sanctions against Communists. Leading a 5-to-4 majority, Frankfurter was often the key supporter of cold-war security measures that appalled his judicial foe (but personal friend) Justice Hugo Black...
Then began the months of rewriting, rehearsing-and recriminations. During the five weeks of tryouts before the premiere, three roles were written out. Three fresh writers and a composer were hysterically summoned, whereupon the original authors sued to enjoin the opening. The New York Supreme Court refused to issue the injunction-thus leaving the case to what turned out to be a hanging jury: the New York reviewers. As Herald Tribune Columnist Dick Schaap summed up the first-night verdict: "Hitler got better notices in World War II." There was no second night, and Kelly bombed...
...Patently Preposterous." In granting Hesburgh's wish, Justice Greenberg set a precedent that may widely affect publishers and other moviemakers if it survives in higher courts. Because a man's name is a property right, Greenberg might have enjoined the film solely on the ground that Father Hesburgh, who was easily recognizable as Father Ryan, had not given his consent. But Greenberg went farther. A university's name is also a property right, he said. To be sure, others may freely exploit it, and for profit, by virtue of the public's "right to know...
Putnam's Sons, had asked Judge Pashman to enjoin the county prosecutor from blocking sale of the book in New Jersey under a law that bars distribution of "obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent" material. The usual parade of witnesses-psychiatrists as well as literary critics-argued that Fanny Hill contained not a single four-letter word. But Judge Pashman was not impressed...
...federal lawyers are seeking to enjoin the four officials, including Sheriff James G. Clark, and the city of Selma from "interfering with Negroes in the implementation of the Civil Rights Act." A three-judge Federal panel--apparently the first such panel in Alabama under the Civil Rights Act--will hear the testimony...