Legal Opinion

Breard v. City of Alexandria

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 4, 1951No. 399Published

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed

OPINION

The appellant here, Jack H. Breard, a regional representative of Keystone Readers Service, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, was arrested while going from door to door in the City of Alexandria, Louisiana, soliciting subscriptions for nationally known magazines. The arrest was solely on the ground that he had violated an ordinance because he had not obtained the prior consent of the owners of the residences solicited. Breard, a resident of Texas, was in charge of a crew of solicitors who go from house to house in the various cities and towns in the area under Breard’s management and…

Also in this document: Dissent · Vinson; Dissent · Black.

2Cases cited99 opinions

  1. Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  4. Nebbia v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  5. Parker v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1943

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