Poulos v. New Hampshire
1953 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Poulos v. New Hampshire, 345 U.S. 395 (1953), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a New Hampshire city ordinance regarding permission to hold a meeting in a public park did not violate the appellant's rights to Free Exercise of Religion even if he and his group were arbitrarily and unlawfully denied a license to hold a religious meeting in that public park.[1]
Quick Facts Poulos v. New Hampshire, Argued February 3, 1953 Decided April 27, 1953 ...
Poulos v. New Hampshire | |
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Argued February 3, 1953 Decided April 27, 1953 | |
Full case name | Poulos v. New Hampshire |
Citations | 345 U.S. 395 (more) |
Case history | |
Prior | State v. Poulos, 97 N.H. 352, 88 A.2d 860 (1952). |
Subsequent | Rehearing denied, 345 U.S. 978 (1953). |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Reed, joined by Vinson, Jackson, Burton, Clark, Minton |
Concurrence | Frankfurter |
Dissent | Black |
Dissent | Douglas, joined by Black |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amends. I, XIV |
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