REID v. BOROUGH OF BROOKVILLE, PA.

No. 1183.

39 F.Supp. 30 (1941)

REID et al. v. BOROUGH OF BROOKVILLE, PA., et al.

District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

May 2, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Epstein, of Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Arnold & Chaplin, of Clearfield, Pa., and Vincent R. Smith and Robert Engel, both of Greensburg, Pa., for defendants.


GIBSON, District Judge.

The plaintiffs are members of a cult known as "Jehovah's witnesses", and the defendants are boroughs of the Western District of Pennsylvania and their officers.

The only ground common to the defendant boroughs is that each has in force an ordinance which requires a license from a borough authority to each person selling or distributing merchandise, including books and periodicals, upon the streets or from door to door. The ordinance...

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