WATCHTOWER BIBLE & TRACT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK, INC., et al.
v.
VILLAGE OF STRATTON et al.
United States Supreme Court.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued February 26, 2002.
Decided June 17, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Paul D. Polidoro argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Philip Brumley, Richard D. Moake, and Donald T. Ridley.
Abraham Cantor argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.
David M. Gormley, State Solicitor of Ohio, argued the cause for the State of Ohio et al. as amici curiae in support of respondents. With him on the brief were Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General of Ohio, Elise W. Porter and Kirk A. Lindsey, Assistant Solicitors, and the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Steve Carter of Indiana, Thomas J. Miller of Iowa, Richard P. Ieyoub of Louisiana, J. Joseph Curran, Jr., of Maryland, Thomas Reilly of Massachusetts, Frankie Sue Del Papa of Nevada, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, and Hoke MacMillan of Wyoming.*
Stevens, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Souter and Ginsburg, JJ., joined, p. 169. Scalia, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas, J., joined, p. 171. Rehnquist, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion, p. 172.
United States Supreme Court.
Justice Stevens, delivered the opinion of the Court.
Petitioners contend that a village ordinance making it a misdemeanor to engage in door-to-door advocacy without first registering with the mayor and receiving a permit violates the First Amendment. Through this facial challenge, we consider the door-to-door canvassing regulation not only as it applies to religious proselytizing, but also to anonymous political speech and...
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