Legal Opinion
Douglas v. City of Jeannette
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 31, 1942No. 7793PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARIS, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs,1 members of a sect known as Jehovah’s Witnesses, brought suit in the district court for themselves and “for all Jehovah’s Witnesses throughout the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and adjoining states” to enjoin the defendant city of Jeannette and its Mayor from enforcing against them and other members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses a certain ordinance of that city, which is a municipal corporation organized under the laws of Pennsylvania. After hearing, the court below concluded that the ordinance, as applied by the municipality’s officers to the…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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3Cited by22 opinions
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