Erznoznik v. Jacksonville
United States Supreme Court
422 U.S. 205 (1975)
Relevant factsFree
Jacksonville (defendant) passed an ordinance making it illegal to show movies depicting nudity on drive-in theater screens visible from public streets; Erznoznik (plaintiff) challenged the ordinance as unconstitutional content-based censorship of protected speech.
IssueFree
Whether censorship of protected speech is valid where the message is so invasive that an unwilling individual could not avoid it.
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