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1943 United States Supreme Court case
Busey v. District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued June 1, 1943
Decided June 14, 1943
Full case nameBusey, et al. v. District of Columbia
Citations319 U.S. 579 (more)63 S. Ct. 1277; 87 L. Ed. 1598; 1943 U.S. LEXIS 487
Case history
Prior129 F.2d 24 (D.C. Cir. 1942)
Holding
District of Columbia Court of Appeals decision reversed and remanded.
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 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.

See also

References

  1. Busey v. District of Columbia, 319 U.S. 579 (1943).

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. S2CID 142997826.

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