Martin v. City of Struthers
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martin-v-city-of-struthers-303-7420170
title:
Martin v. City of Struthers
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Martin v. Struthers, 319 U.S. 141 (1943), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a law prohibiting the distribution of handbills from door to door violated the First Amendment rights of a Jehovah's Witness, specifically their freedom of speech. The ruling was 5-4 and deemed trespassing laws a better fit for the town imposing the ordinance.
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1943 United States Supreme Court case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_v._City_of_Struthers
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2024-03-03T20:27:17Z
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