Tucker v. Texas
1946 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tucker v. Texas, 326 U.S. 517 (1946), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a state statute making it an offense to distribute literature in a federal government-owned town was an improper restriction on freedom of the press and religion.[1]
Quick Facts Tucker v. Texas, Argued December 6, 1945 Decided January 7, 1946 ...
Tucker v. Texas | |
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Argued December 6, 1945 Decided January 7, 1946 | |
Full case name | Tucker v. State of Texas |
Citations | 326 U.S. 517 (more) 66 S. Ct. 274; 90 L. Ed. 274; 1946 U.S. LEXIS 2927 |
Case history | |
Prior | State of Texas v. Tucker, Justice Court of Medina County, Texas (not reported); Tucker v. State of Texas, County Court of Medina County, Texas (not reported) |
Holding | |
Held that a statute used to punish an individual for refusing to refrain from religious activity is an improper restriction on freedom of the press and religion. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Black, joined by Douglas, Frankfurter, Murphy, Rutledge |
Concurrence | Frankfurter |
Dissent | Stone, Reed, Burton |
Jackson took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. I; U.S. Const. amend. XIV, §1; Tex. Pen. Code, Chap. 3, Art. 479 (1945) |
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