Legal Opinion
Sellers v. Johnson
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided December 30, 1946No. Civ. 746PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DEWEY, District Judge.
This action was brought by plaintiffs for themselves and other members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses to restrain certain individuals in the Town of Lacona and Warren County, Iowa, from an interference with their constitutional rights of freedom of speech and assembly. The action came on for hearing in open court at Des Moines, Iowa, on the 25th to 28th days of November, 1946, upon its merits and was submitted to the court for decision.
The Facts
The facts are not greatly in dispute but the parties'have deduced therefrom widely different inferences.
Plaintiffs seek an…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
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