Fowler v. Rhode Island

Fowler v. Rhode Island (1953)
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Fowler v. Rhode Island, 345 U.S. 67 (1953), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a municipal ordinance which was used to penalize a minister of Jehovah's Witnesses for preaching at a peaceful religious meeting in a public park, although other religious groups could conduct religious services there with impunity, violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Warning: template has been deprecated.

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345 U.S. 67

Fowler v. Rhode Island

Argued: Feb. 3, 1953. --- Decided: March 9, 1953

Mr. Hayden C. Covington, Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellant.

Mr. Raymond J. Pettine, Providence, R.I., for appellee.

Mr. Justice DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

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