Douglas v. City of Jeannette

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1943-05-03

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Mr. Chief Justice Stone delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioners brought this suit in the United States District Court for Western Pennsylvania to restrain threatened criminal prosecution of them in the state courts by respondents, the City of Jeannette (a Pennsylvania municipal corporation) and its Mayor, for violation of a city ordinance which prohibits the solicitation of orders for merchandise withou…

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