End date 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 Majority Reed, joined by Stone, Roberts, Black, Frankfurter, Douglas, Murphy, Jackson Ruling court Supreme Court of the United States People also search for Jamison v. Texas, Lovell v. City of Griffin | ||
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. The church members were represented by Hayden C. Covington.
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