MURDOCK v. PENNSYLVANIA

No. 480.

319 U.S. 105 (1943)

MURDOCK v. PENNSYLVANIA (CITY OF JEANNETTE).

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 3, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Hayden C. Covington for petitioners.

Mr. Fred B. Trescher for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

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...

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