| Largent v. State of Texas | ||||||
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Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Argued February 12, 1943 Decided March 8, 1943 |
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| Full case name | Largent v. State of Texas | |||||
| Citations | 318 U.S. 418 (more) 63 S. Ct. 667; 87 L. Ed. 873; 1943 U.S. LEXIS 890 |
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| Majority | Reed, joined by Stone, Roberts, Black, Frankfurter, Douglas, Murphy, Jackson | |||||
| Rutledge took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | ||||||
Largent v. Texas, 318 U.S. 418 (1943),[1] was a case involving Jehovah's Witnesses in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a city ordinance requiring permits in order to solicit orders for books is unconstitutional as applied to the distribution of religious publications.