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JONES v. OPELIKA

Nos. 280, 314, 966.

316 U.S. 584 (1942)

JONES v. OPELIKA. BOWDEN ET AL. v. FORT SMITH. JOBIN v. ARIZONA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 8, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Hayden C. Covington, with whom Mr. Joseph F. Rutherford was on the brief (Mr. Alfred A. Albert entered an appearance), for petitioner in No. 280. Messrs. Osmond K. Fraenkel and Hayden C. Covington for petitioners in No. 314. Mr. Hayden C. Covington for appellant in No. 966.

Mr. John W. Guider, with whom Mr. William S. Duke was on the brief, for respondent in No. 280. No appearance for respondent in No. 314 and appellee in No. 966.

Mr. Osmond K. Fraenkel filed a brief in No. 280 (with Mr. James A. Simpson), and in No. 966 on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

Argued (No. 280) February 5, 1942 and (Nos. 314 and 966) April 30, 1942.

MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

By writ of certiorari in Nos. 280 and 314 and by appeal in No. 966 we have before us the question of the constitutionality of various city ordinances imposing the license taxes upon the sale of printed matter for nonpayment of which the appellant, Jobin, and the petitioners, Jones, Bowden and...

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