Busey v. District of Columbia

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Busey v. District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued June 1, 1943
Decided June 14, 1943
Full case name: BUSEY et al. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Citations: 319 U.S. 579
Holding
Court membership
Chief Justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Associate Justices: Owen Josephus Roberts, Hugo Black, Stanley Forman Reed, Felix Frankfurter, William O. Douglas, Frank Murphy, Robert H. Jackson, Wiley Blount Rutledge
Case opinions
Majority by: Per Curiam

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.

Contents

[edit] Introduction


[edit] Facts of the case


[edit] Prior history


[edit] Decision of the Court


[edit] Dissenting opinions


[edit] Effects of the decision


[edit] Critical response


[edit] Subsequent history


[edit] References

  1. ^ 319 U.S. 579 Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.

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