Jones v. Opelika
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed
By writ of certiorari in Nos. 280 and 314 and by appeal in No. 966 we have before us the question of the constitu tionality of various city ordinances imposing the license taxes upon the sale of printed matter for nonpayment of which the appellant, Jobin, and the petitioners, Jones, Bowden and Sanders, all members of the organization known as Jehovah's Witnesses, were convicted.
No. 280
l.The City of Opelika, Alabama]]filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of Lee County, charging petitioner Jones with violation of its licensing ordinance by selling books without a license, by operating as a…
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