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Majority Opinion
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Roberts, J. |
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Lower Court
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Connecticut Supreme Court |
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Lower Court Ruling
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First Amendment free exercise claim denied |
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Edwin S. Pickett & Francis A. Pallotti
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Connecticut v. Cantwell, et al, 126 Conn. 1, 8 A.2d 533 (CN., 1939) (3-2)
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"High Court Voids Jehovah Sect Curb; Unanimous Opinion Reverses Conviction of Father and 2 Sons in Connecticut," New York Times, May 21, 1940, p. 23
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AP, "Supreme Court Outlaws 'Censorship' of Religion; Connecticut Law Requiring Solicitors of Funds to Obtain Permit Held Unconstitutional," Los Angeles Times, May 21, 1940, p. 8
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Cookson, Catharine, REGULATING RELIGION: THE COURTS AND THE FREE EXERCISE CLAUSE (Oxford University Press, 2001), pp. 12-15, 43, 59, 186
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Noonan, Jr., John T., THE LUSTRE OF OUR COUNTRY: THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (University of California Press, 1998), pp. 34, 163, 207, 232, 242, 361
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Peters, Shawn Francis, JUDGING JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES: RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION & THE DAWN OF THE RIGHTS REVOLUTION (University Press of Kansas, 2000), pp. 13, 15, 185, 186, 223-224, 227, 230-231, 240, 288, 294, 297
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Tribe, Laurence, AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (2nd ed., 1988), sect. 14-13, pp. 1252-1257
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Witte, Jr., John, RELIGION & THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERIMENT: ESSENTIAL RIGHTS & LIBERTIES (Westview Press, 2000), pp. 102, 112-113, 122-123, 126-127, 131, 134, 141, 147, 185, 186, 233-234
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