Case Name: GULF INTERNATIONAL CINEMA CORPORATION v. Henry A. REID, Jr., Sheriff of Calcasieu Parish
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1976-03-09
Citations: 328 So. 2d 167
Docket Number: No. 57548
Parties: GULF INTERNATIONAL CINEMA CORPORATION v. Henry A. REID, Jr., Sheriff of Calcasieu Parish.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 328
Pages: 167–167

Head Matter:
GULF INTERNATIONAL CINEMA CORPORATION v. Henry A. REID, Jr., Sheriff of Calcasieu Parish.
No. 57548.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
March 9, 1976.

Opinion:
In re: Gulf International Cinema Corporation applying for Supervisory Remedial Writs.
Writ granted. The exhibitor must he allowed to make a copy of the film for his use upon a showing by the exhibitor that other copies of the film are not available to the exhibitor, failing which the seized film must be returned to the exhibitor pending a judicial determination of the obscenity issue. See Heller v. New York, 413 U.S. 483, 93 S.Ct. 2789, 37 L.Ed.2d 745 (1973).