Murdock v. Pennsylvania
1943 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 door-to-door salespersons ("solicitors") to purchase a license was an unconstitutional tax on religious exercise.
Quick Facts Murdock v. Pennsylvania, Argued March 10–11, 1943 Decided May 3, 1943 ...
Murdock v. Pennsylvania | |
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Argued March 10–11, 1943 Decided May 3, 1943 | |
Full case name | Murdock v. Pennsylvania |
Citations | 319 U.S. 105 (more) 63 S. Ct. 870; 87 L. Ed. 1292; 1943 U.S. LEXIS 711 |
Holding | |
A Pennsylvania ordinance imposing a license tax for those selling merchandise when such material is religious in nature violates the Free Exercise Clause. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Douglas, joined by Stone, Black, Murphy, Rutledge |
Dissent | Reed, joined by Roberts, Frankfurter, Jackson |
Dissent | Frankfurter, joined by Jackson |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. I |
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