Largent v. State of Texas

Largent v. State of Texas

Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants=Largent v. State of Texas
ArgueDate=February 12
ArgueYear=1943
DecideDate=March 8
DecideYear=1943
FullName=Largent v. State of Texas
USVol=318
USPage=418
Citation=63 S. Ct. 667; 87 L. Ed. 873; 1943 U.S. LEXIS 890
Prior=
Subsequent=
Holding=
SCOTUS=1943-1945
Majority=Reed
JoinMajority=Stone, Roberts, Black, Frankfurter, Douglas, Murphy, Jackson
NotParticipating=Rutledge
LawsApplied=

"Largent v. State of Texas", 318 U.S. 418 (1943), [ [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=318&page=418 318 U.S. 418] Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.] was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a city ordinance requiring permits in order to solicit orders for books is unconstitutional as applied to the distribution of religious publications.

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