Marsh v. Alabama
1946 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marsh v. Alabama, 326 U.S. 501 (1946), was a case decided by the US Supreme Court, which ruled that a state trespassing statute could not be used to prevent the distribution of religious materials on a town's sidewalk even though the sidewalk was part of a privately-owned company town. The Court based its ruling on the provisions of the First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment.
Quick Facts Marsh v. Alabama, Argued December 7, 1945 Decided January 7, 1946 ...
Marsh v. Alabama | |
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Argued December 7, 1945 Decided January 7, 1946 | |
Full case name | Marsh v. State of Alabama |
Citations | 326 U.S. 501 (more) 66 S. Ct. 276; 90 L. Ed. 265 |
Case history | |
Prior | Defendant found guilty in Alabama Circuit Court; Alabama Court of Appeals affirmed; Alabama Supreme Court denied certiorari |
Subsequent | Reversed and Remanded |
Holding | |
Constitutional protections of free speech under First and Fourteenth Amendments still apply within the confines of a town owned by a private entity. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Black, joined by Douglas, Murphy, Rutledge; Frankfurter (in part) |
Concurrence | Frankfurter |
Dissent | Reed, joined by Stone, Burton |
Jackson took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const., amend. I, amend. XIV |
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