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 |
Court membership | |
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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.