City of Monroe v. Ducas

Michael Ducas and John Ducas, members of a religious group known as Jehovah's Witnesses, and claiming to be ordained ministers, were arrested in the City of Monroe and each was charged by affidavit with resisting a police officer while in the discharge of his duty, in violation of Municipal Ordinance No. 2532.

Sections 1 and 2 of the ordinance, which was adopted on August 9, 1927, read as follows, to-wit:

"Section 1: Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, in legal and regular session convened, that it shall be unlawful for any person to resist, obstruct, impede or…