Conversation so far:
What were the legal problems?
When the film was released in New York City, the anti-pornography organization Morality in Media unsuccessfully filed a lawsuit against these federal officials.
What happened during the lawsuit?
authorities seized the film.
Penthouse took legal action, partly because Guccione thought the legal challenges and moral controversies would provide "the kind of [marketing] coverage money can never buy".
What happened from there?
Penthouse won the case when a Boston Municipal Court ruled that Caligula had passed the Miller test and was not obscene.
Did they get delayed in production?
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What else did you find interesting in this section?
"lacked artistic and scientific value" because of its depiction of sex and considered it to "[appeal] to prurient interests", he said the film's depiction of ancient Rome contained political values.
What type of political values?
corruption in ancient Rome, which dramatized the political theme that "absolute power corrupts absolutely".
Did many agree with those points?
A Madison, Wisconsin, district attorney declined an anti-pornography crusader's request to prevent the release of Caligula.

Question: What was his response?
Self-contained rewrite: What was A Madison response?