Largent v. Texas

Largent v. State of Texas
Argued February 12, 1943
Decided March 8, 1943
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
Court membership
Chief Justice
Harlan F. Stone
Associate Justices
Owen Roberts · Hugo Black
Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy
Robert H. Jackson · Wiley B. Rutledge
Case opinions
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), was a case involving Jehovah's Witnesses in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a city ordinance of Paris, Texas requiring permits in order to solicit orders for books is unconstitutional as applied to the distribution of religious publications.[1] The church members were represented by Hayden C. Covington.

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References

  1. ↑ Largent v. Texas, 318 U.S. 418 (1943).


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