M.I.C., Ltd. v. Bedford Twp., 463 U.S. 1341 (1983)

Name: M.I.C., Ltd. v. Bedford Twp., 463 U.S. 1341 (1983) - Syllabus
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

M.I.C., Ltd. v. Bedford Township

No. A-147

Decided September 13, 1983
463 U.S. 1341

ON APPLICATION FOR STAY

Syllabus

An application by the owner and the operator of a drive-in theater to stay the Michigan trial court’s preliminary injunction -- in respondent township’s action for common law nuisance based on applicants’ recent exhibition of two allegedly obscene films -- prohibiting them from showing any films containing scenes of explicit sexual intercourse or other carnal acts, is granted pending decision of their appeal in the Michigan courts. Since it appears that appellate review of the preliminary injunction will not be completed for several months, and since both the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court have refused to stay the injunction pending review, the First Amendment requirement that a State provide procedures to assure a prompt final judicial decision as to the validity of a prior restraint on protected speech has not been satisfied, and thus the stay is warranted.

Contents:

Related Resources

None available for this document.

Download Options

Title: M.I.C., Ltd. v. Bedford Twp., 463 U.S. 1341 (1983)

Select an option:

*Note: A download may not start for up to 60 seconds.

Email Options

Title: M.I.C., Ltd. v. Bedford Twp., 463 U.S. 1341 (1983)

Select an option:

Email addres:

*Note: It may take up to 60 seconds for for the email to be generated.

Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," M.I.C., Ltd. v. Bedford Twp., 463 U.S. 1341 (1983) in 463 U.S. 1341 Original Sources, accessed May 7, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=WK3U3IL43RIDH1E.

MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." M.I.C., Ltd. v. Bedford Twp., 463 U.S. 1341 (1983), in 463 U.S. 1341, Original Sources. 7 May. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=WK3U3IL43RIDH1E.

Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in M.I.C., Ltd. v. Bedford Twp., 463 U.S. 1341 (1983). cited in 1983, 463 U.S. 1341. Original Sources, retrieved 7 May 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=WK3U3IL43RIDH1E.