Case Name: SUPERIOR FILMS, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF OHIO, DIVISION OF FILM CENSORSHIP, HISSONG, SUPERINTENDENT
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1954-01-18
Citations: 346 U.S. 587
Docket Number: NO. 217
Parties: SUPERIOR FILMS, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF OHIO, DIVISION OF FILM CENSORSHIP, HISSONG, SUPERINTENDENT.
Judges: with whom Mr. Justice Black agrees,
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 346
Pages: 587–589

Head Matter:
SUPERIOR FILMS, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF OHIO, DIVISION OF FILM CENSORSHIP, HISSONG, SUPERINTENDENT.
NO. 217.
Argued January 6, 1954.
Decided January 18, 1954.
John C. Harlor argued the cause for appellant in No. 217. With him on the brief were F. J. Wright and Michael Oesas. Earl F. Morris was also of counsel.
Florence Perlow Shientag argued the cause for appellant in No. 274. With her on the brief was Philip J. O’Brien, Jr.
C. William O’Neill, Attorney General of Ohio, argued the cause for appellee in No. 217. With him on the brief were Robert E. Leach, Chief Counsel, and Gwynne B. Myers, Assistant Attorney General.
Charles A. Brind, Jr. argued the cause for appellees in No. 274. With him on the brief were Nathaniel L. Gold-stein, Attorney General of New York, Wendell P. Brown, Solicitor General, and Ruth Kessler Toch, Assistant Attorney General.
Briefs of amici curiae supporting appellant in No. 217 were filed by Sidney A. Schreiber and Philip J. O’Brien, Jr. for the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. et al.; and by Morris L. Ernst for the National Council on Freedom from Censorship, a Committee of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The judgments are reversed. Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson, 343 U. S. 495.