MUTUAL FILM COMPANY v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHI (1915)

MUTUAL FILM COMPANY v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHI
	Term: 1914
Important Dates
	Argued: January 6, 1915
	Decided: February 23, 1915
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

MUTUAL FILM COMPANY v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHI is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1915. The case was argued before the court on January 6, 1915.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - obscenity, state (cf. comity: privacy): including the regulation of sexually explicit material under the 21st Amendment
Petitioner: Movie, play, pictorial representation, theatrical production, actor, or exhibitor or distributor of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Ohio
Citation: 236 U.S. 247
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph McKenna

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.