Fair (Gary) v. Warden

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• holding that actual controversy requirement not met where, “prior to exhibition, distribution, or any threat of prosecution, the plaintiff sought a declaration that a film was not obscene and that it would not be subject to prosecution if it exhibited or distributed it”
• neither the State of Minnesota nor Attorney General Mike Hatch appealed the lower court decision
• neither the State of Minnesota nor Attorney General Mike Hatch appealed the lower court decision
• actual controversy likely to lead to litigation is necessary for a declaratory judgment action to exist

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