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1943 United States Supreme Court case
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 |
Citations | 319 U.S. 579 (more) 63 S. Ct. 1277; 87 L. Ed. 1598; 1943 U.S. LEXIS 487 |
Case history | |
Prior | 129 F.2d 24 (D.C. Cir. 1942) |
Holding | |
District of Columbia Court of Appeals decision reversed and remanded. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinion | |
Per curiam | |
Rutledge took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. |
Busey v. District of Columbia, 319 U.S. 579 (1943), 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.[1]
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Further reading
- Barber, Hollis W. (1947). "Religious Liberty v. Police Power: Jehovah's Witnesses". American Political Science Review. 41 (2). American Political Science Association: 226–247. doi:10.2307/1950708. JSTOR 1950708.
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