Legal Opinion
Fowler v. Rhode Island
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 9, 1953No. 340PublishedCited by 249 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
The City of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, has an ordinance which reads as follows:
“Sec. 11. No person shall address any political or religious meeting in any public park; but this section shall not be construed to prohibit any political or religious club or society from visiting any public park in a body, provided that no public address shall be made under the auspices of such club or society in such park.”
Jehovah’s Witnesses, a religious sect, assembled in Slater Park of Pawtucket for a meeting which at the *68trial was conceded to be religious in character. About 400 people attended, 150 being…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Niemotko v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Davis v. BeasonSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Davis v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- State v. FowlerSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1951
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