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Religious Tradition Involved is exactly "Jehovah's Witnesses"
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Cantwell v. Connecticut
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
Coleman v. City of Griffin
Cox v. New Hampshire
Douglas v. City of Jeannette
Follett v. Town of McCormick
Fowler v. Rhode Island
Gonzales v. United States
Jamison v. Texas
Jehovah’s Witnesses v. King County Hospital
Jones v. Opelika (I)
Jones v. Opelika (II)
Largent v. Texas
Lovell v. City of Griffin
Marsh v. Alabama
Martin v. Struthers
Minersville School Board v. Gobitis
Murdock v. Pennsylvania (City of Jeannette)
Niemotko v. State of Maryland
Poulos v. New Hampshire
Prince v. Massachusetts
Saia v. New York
Schneider v. State of New Jersey (Town of Irvington)
Sicurella v. United States
Simmons v. United States
Taylor v. Mississippi
Thomas v. Review Board, Indiana Employment Security Division
Tucker v. Texas
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society v. Village of Stratton
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
Wooley v. Maynard
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Frankfurter, J.
Jackson, J.
Murphy, J.
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Rutledge, J.
Stevens, J.
Stone, C.J.
Vinson, C.J.
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Jamison v. Texas
Issue:
Distribution of Religious Literature
Year:
1943
Citation:
318 U.S. 413
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society v. Village of Stratton
Issue:
Licensing
Year:
2002
Citation:
536 U.S. 150
Thomas v. Review Board, Indiana Employment Security Division
Issue:
Unemployment Compensation Benefits
Year:
1981
Citation:
450 U.S. 707
Wooley v. Maynard
Issue:
State Motto
Year:
1977
Citation:
430 U.S. 705
Jehovah’s Witnesses v. King County Hospital
Issue:
Medical Care
;
Parent/Guardian Rights
Year:
1968
Citation:
390 U.S. 598; affirming 278 F.Supp. 488 (W.D. Wash)
Gonzales v. United States
Issue:
Conscientious Objection
Year:
1955
Citation:
348 U.S. 407
Simmons v. United States
Issue:
Conscientious Objection
Year:
1955
Citation:
348 U.S. 397
Sicurella v. United States
Issue:
Conscientious Objection
Year:
1955
Citation:
348 U.S. 385
Poulos v. New Hampshire
Issue:
Licensing
Year:
1953
Citation:
345 U.S. 395
Fowler v. Rhode Island
Issue:
Public Forum
Year:
1953
Citation:
345 U.S. 67
Niemotko v. State of Maryland
Issue:
Licensing
Year:
1951
Citation:
340 U.S. 268
Saia v. New York
Issue:
Religious Speech
Year:
1948
Citation:
334 U.S. 558
Tucker v. Texas
Issue:
Distribution of Religious Literature
Year:
1946
Citation:
326 U.S. 517
Marsh v. Alabama
Issue:
Distribution of Religious Literature
Year:
1946
Citation:
326 U.S. 501
Follett v. Town of McCormick
Issue:
Flat License Tax
;
Distribution of Religious Literature
Year:
1944
Citation:
321 U.S. 573
Prince v. Massachusetts
Issue:
Parent/Guardian Rights
Year:
1944
Citation:
321 U.S. 158
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
Issue:
Flag Salute
Year:
1943
Citation:
319 U.S. 624
Taylor v. Mississippi
Issue:
Religious Speech
;
Flag Salute
Year:
1943
Citation:
319 U.S. 583
Douglas v. City of Jeannette
Issue:
Federal Jurisdiction
;
Flat License Tax
Year:
1943
Citation:
319 U.S. 157
Martin v. Struthers
Issue:
Distribution of Religious Literature
Year:
1943
Citation:
319 U.S. 141; additional dissent attached to Douglas v. City of Jeannette, 319 U.S. 166 (1943)
Murdock v. Pennsylvania (City of Jeannette)
Issue:
Distribution of Religious Literature
;
Flat License Tax
Year:
1943
Citation:
319 U.S. 105; additional dissent attached to Douglas v. City of Jeannette, 319 U.S. 166 (1943)
Jones v. Opelika (II)
Issue:
Distribution of Religious Literature
Year:
1943
Citation:
319 U.S. 103; dissents attached to Murdock v. Pennsylvania (City of Jeannette), 319 U.S. 117, and Douglas v. City of Jeannette, 319 U.S. 166
Largent v. Texas
Issue:
Licensing
Year:
1943
Citation:
318 U.S. 418
Jones v. Opelika (I)
Issue:
Distribution of Religious Literature
Year:
1942
Citation:
316 U.S. 584
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
Issue:
Fighting Words
Year:
1942
Citation:
315 U.S. 568
Cox v. New Hampshire
Issue:
Licensing
Year:
1941
Citation:
312 U.S. 569
Minersville School Board v. Gobitis
Issue:
Flag Salute
Year:
1940
Citation:
310 U.S. 586
Cantwell v. Connecticut
Issue:
Licensing
;
Free Exercise Clause Incorporated
Year:
1940
Citation:
310 U.S. 296
Schneider v. State of New Jersey (Town of Irvington)
Issue:
Distribution of Religious Literature
Year:
1939
Citation:
308 U.S. 147
Lovell v. City of Griffin
Issue:
Distribution of Religious Literature
Year:
1938
Citation:
303 U.S. 444
Coleman v. City of Griffin
Issue:
Federal Jurisdiction
;
Distribution of Religious Literature
Year:
1937
Citation:
302 U.S. 636, letting stand 189 S.E. 427 (Ga. Ct. App. 1936)