Busey v. District of Columbia

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Busey v. District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued June 1, 1943 Decided June 14, 1943
Full case name: BUSEY et al. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Citations: 319 U.S. 579
Holding
Court membership
Chief Justice: Harlan Fiske Stone Associate Justices: Owen Josephus Roberts, Hugo Black, Stanley Forman Reed, Felix Frankfurter, William O. Douglas, Frank Murphy, Robert H. Jackson, Wiley Blount Rutledge
Case opinions
Majority by: Per Curiam

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

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Facts of the case 3 Prior history 4 Decision of the Court 4.1 Dissenting opinions 5 Effects of the decision 6 Critical response 7 Subsequent history 8 References 9 See also 10 External links

[edit] Introduction

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[edit] Facts of the case

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[edit] Prior history

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[edit] Decision of the Court

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[edit] Dissenting opinions

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[edit] Effects of the decision

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[edit] Critical response

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[edit] Subsequent history

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[edit] References

1. ^ 319 U.S. 579 Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.

[edit] See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 319

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