Busey v. District of Columbia

Busey v. District of Columbia, 319 U.S. 579 (1943), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States overturned the conviction of a Jehovah's Witness for unlicensed selling of magazines on public sidewalks.[1]

Busey v. District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued June 1, 1943 Decided June 14, 1943
Full case name	Busey, et al. v. District of Columbia
Citations	319 U.S. 579 (more) 63 S. Ct. 1277; 87 L. Ed. 1598; 1943 U.S. LEXIS 487
Case history
Prior	129 F.2d 24 (D.C. Cir. 1942)
Holding
District of Columbia Court of Appeals decision reversed and remanded.
Court membership
Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone Associate Justices Owen Roberts · Hugo Black Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy Robert H. Jackson · Wiley B. Rutledge
Case opinion
Per curiam
Rutledge took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.