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Constitutional Law Keyed to Rotunda
Marsh v. Alabama
Citation:
326 U.S. 501 (1946)Facts
The town known as Chickasaw is owned by the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation and has all the characteristics of any other American town. Appellant, a Jehovah’s Witness, came onto the sidewalk, stood near the post office and undertook to distribute religious literature. In the stores, the corporation had posted a notice which read as “this is private property, and without written permission, no solicitation of any kind will be permitted.” Appellant was warned that she could not distribute the literature without a permit and told that no permit would be issued to her. When she was asked to leave the sidewalk and Chickasaw, she declined. The deputy sheriff arrested her and she was convicted in the state court with violating the statute that makes is crime to enter or remain on the premises of another after having been warned not to do so.
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