Niemotko v. Maryland

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Niemotko v. Maryland
U.S. LEXIS 2247
Case history
Prior194 Md. 247, 71 A.2d 9 (1950); probable jurisdiction noted, 70 S. Ct. 576 (1950).
Court membership
Chief Justice
Fred M. Vinson
Associate Justices
Harold H. Burton
Tom C. Clark · Sherman Minton
Case opinions
MajorityVinson, joined by Reed, Douglas, Jackson, Burton, Clark, and Minton
ConcurrenceBlack (no opinion)
ConcurrenceFrankfurter

Niemotko v. Maryland, 340 U.S. 268 (1951), was a case in which the

free exercise of Niemotko's religion by not issuing a permit for him and his religious group (the Jehovah's Witnesses) to meet in a public park when other religious and civic groups had been given permits for holding their meetings there.[1]

References

  1. ^ Niemotko v. Maryland, 340 U.S. 268 (1951).

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