SAIA v. NEW YORK

No. 504.

334 U.S. 558 (1948)

SAIA v. NEW YORK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 7, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hayden C. Covington argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant.

Alan V. Parker submitted on brief for appellee.


Opinion of the Court by MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, announced by MR. JUSTICE BLACK.

This case presents the question of the validity under the Fourteenth Amendment of a penal ordinance of the City of Lockport, New York, which forbids the use of sound amplification devices except with permission of the Chief of Police.1

Appellant is a minister of the religious sect known as Jehovah's Witnesses...

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