Legal Opinion
Murdock v. Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 3, 1943No. Nos. 480—487PublishedCited by 1,234 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
The City of Jeannette, Pennsylvania, has an ordinance, some forty years old, which provides in part:
“That all persons canvassing for or soliciting within said Borough, orders for goods, paintings, pictures, wares, or merchandise of any kind, or persons delivering such articles under orders so obtained or solicited, shall be required to procure from the Burgess a license to transact said business and shall pay to the Treasurer of said Borough therefore the following sums according to the time for which said license shall be granted.
“Eor one day $1.50, for one week seven dollars ($7.00), for…
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3Cited by1,234 opinions
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