Busey v. District of Columbia
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Argued June 1, 1943 Decided June 14, 1943 | |||||||
Full case name | Busey, et al. v. District of Columbia | ||||||
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Holding | |||||||
District of Columbia Court of Appeals decision reversed and remanded. | |||||||
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Per curiam. | |||||||
Rutledge took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. |
Busey v. District of Columbia, 319 U.S. 579 (1943),[1] was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States overturned the conviction of a Jehovah's Witness for unlicensed selling of magazines on public sidewalks.
See also
References
- ↑ 319 U.S. 579 Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.
Further reading
- Barber, Hollis W. (1947). "Religious Liberty v. Police Power: Jehovah's Witnesses". American Political Science Review (American Political Science Association) 41 (2): 226–247. doi:10.2307/1950708. JSTOR 1950708.
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