Murdock v. Pennsylvania

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Murdock v. Pennsylvania, 319 U.S. 105 (1943), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that an ordinance requiring solicitors to purchase a license was an unconstitutional tax on the Jehovah's Witnesses' right to freely exercise their religion. Warning: template has been deprecated.

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Dissenting Opinions: Frankfurter; Reed

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United States Supreme Court

319 U.S. 105

Murdock v. Pennsylvania

Argued: March 10, 11, 1943. --- Decided: May 3, 1943

Mr. Hayden C. Covington, of Brooklyn, N.Y., for petitioners.

Mr. Fred B. Trescher, of Greensburg, Pa., for respondent.

Mr. Justice DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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