Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc. v. Village of Stratton
2002 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc. v. Village of Stratton, 536 U.S. 150 (2002), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a town ordinance's provisions making it a misdemeanor to engage in door-to-door advocacy without first registering with town officials and receiving a permit violates the First Amendment as it applies to religious proselytizing, anonymous political speech, and the distribution of handbills.[1]
Quick Facts Watchtower Society v. Village of Stratton, Argued February 26, 2002 Decided June 17, 2002 ...
Watchtower Society v. Village of Stratton | |
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Argued February 26, 2002 Decided June 17, 2002 | |
Full case name | Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., et al., v. Village of Stratton, et al. |
Citations | 536 U.S. 150 (more) 122 S.Ct. 2080; 153 L. Ed. 2d 205; 2002 U.S. LEXIS 4422 |
Case history | |
Prior | Motion for preliminary injunction granted in part and denied in part, 61 F. Supp. 2d 734 (S.D. Ohio 1999), affirmed, 240 F.3d 553 (6th Cir. 2001); cert. granted, 534 U.S. 971 (2001). |
Subsequent | On remand, 42 F. App'x 772 (6th Cir. 2002). |
Holding | |
A town ordinance's provisions making it a misdemeanor to engage in door-to-door advocacy without first registering with town officials and receiving a permit violates the First Amendment as it applies to religious proselytizing, anonymous political speech, and the distribution of handbills. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Stevens, joined by O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
Concurrence | Breyer, joined by Souter, Ginsburg |
Concurrence | Scalia (in judgment), joined by Thomas |
Dissent | Rehnquist |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. I |
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