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Jones v. Opelika, 316 U.S. 584 (1942)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Jones v. Opelika, 316 U.S. 584 (1942)
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Jones v. Opelika Argued (No. 280) February 5, 1942 and (Nos. 314 and 966) April 30, 1942 Decided June 8, 1942 316 U.S. 584
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA
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1. A city ordinance which requires that licenses be procured and that taxes reasonable in amount be paid, for the conduct of various businesses within the municipality, including the business of selling books and pamphlets on the streets or from house to house, and which is general and nondiscriminatory in its incidences, does not infringe the liberties of free speech, free press or free exercise of religion when applied to a member of a religious organization who is engaged in selling the printed propaganda of his sect. Pp. 593, 598.
2. One who sells religious literature on city streets, without having complied with provisions of an ordinance validly requiring that he first apply for and obtain a license and pay a license tax, cannot defend upon the ground that the ordinance is rendered unconstitutional as to him by a provision purporting to empower the licensing authority to revoke licenses without notice. Lovell v. Griffin, 303 U.S. 444, distinguished. P. 599.
7 So.2d 503 affirmed.
202 Ark. 614, 151 S.W.2d 1000, affirmed.
118 P.2d 97 affirmed.
The first two of these cases were brought here by writs of certiorari, 314 U.S. 593, 315 U.S. 793. The third came up by appeal. In each case, the review was of a judgment affirming a conviction and fine for violation of a city ordinance declaring it unlawful to sell books or pamphlets within the municipal limits without having obtained a license and paid a license tax.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Jones v. Opelika, 316 U.S. 584 (1942) in 316 U.S. 584 316 U.S. 585. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=Z43WX7YK2H4PKYE.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Jones v. Opelika, 316 U.S. 584 (1942), in 316 U.S. 584, page 316 U.S. 585. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=Z43WX7YK2H4PKYE.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Jones v. Opelika, 316 U.S. 584 (1942). cited in 1942, 316 U.S. 584, pp.316 U.S. 585. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=Z43WX7YK2H4PKYE.
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