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Butler v. Dexter, 425 U.S. 262 (1976)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Butler v. Dexter, 425 U.S. 262 (1976)
Butler v. Dexter No. 75-623 Decided April 19, 1976 425 U.S. 262
ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
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This Court has no jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1253 over an appeal from a three-judge District Court’s order enjoining appellants from prosecuting appellee theater operator on the felony charge that his motion picture projector used to exhibit an allegedly obscene film was a "criminal instrument" under § 16.01 of the Texas Penal Code. The ground for the injunction was not that § 16.01 was unconstitutional, but that the local officials had acted in bad faith and unconstitutionally in using that statute (which the District Court found could "by no stretch of the imagination" be read as applying) as a pretext for forcing appellee to stop exhibiting the film, without any design to convict him on the felony charge. Since a three-judge court was therefore not required, the appeal should have been taken to the Court of Appeals.
404 F.Supp. 33, vacated and remanded.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Butler v. Dexter, 425 U.S. 262 (1976) in 425 U.S. 262 Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5FXA4CD2EM5J652.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Butler v. Dexter, 425 U.S. 262 (1976), in 425 U.S. 262, Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5FXA4CD2EM5J652.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Butler v. Dexter, 425 U.S. 262 (1976). cited in 1976, 425 U.S. 262. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5FXA4CD2EM5J652.
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