Largent v. Texas
| Largent v. State of Texas | |
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| 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 |
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| Case opinion | |
| 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.
See also
- Jamison v. State of Texas: A similar case in Dallas
- List of Supreme Court cases involving Jehovah's Witnesses
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