Buffalo Branch, Mutual Film Corp. v. Breitinger

Citations

• 250 Pa. 225
• 95 A. 433
• 1915 Pa. LEXIS 933

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Police power — Constitution of the United States — Fourteenth amendment — Constitution of Pennsylvania— Moving pictures — State Board of Censors — Act of June 19, 1911, P. L. 1067.</p> <p>1. Nothing hut a clear violation of the .Constitution — a clear usurpation of power prohibited — will justify'the judicial department in pronouncing an act of the legislative department unconstitutional and void.</p> <p>2. The police power of the Commonwealth extends to all regulations affecting the health, good order, morals, peace and safety of society, and under it all sorts of restrictions and burdens may be imposed, and when they are not in conflict with any constitutional principles, they cannot be successfully^ assailed in a judicial tribunal.</p> <p>3. The Act of June 19, 1911, P. L. 1067, providing for the appointment of a State Board of Censors to regulate the operation and exhibition of moving picture films, is constitutional. It is not in violation of the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, or of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.</p>