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· 11/22/1939

Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington)

Citations

  • 308 U.S. 147
  • 60 S. Ct. 146
  • 84 L. Ed. 155
  • 1939 U.S. LEXIS 1115
  • 5 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 659

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that prevention of littering is insufficient to justify prohibition on leafleting on public street
  • holding that the government cannot ban handbills, speech, to vindicate its interest in preventing littering, conduct
  • holding that the government cannot ban handbills, speech, to vindicate its interest in preventing littering, conduct
  • holding that prevention of Uttering is insufficient to justify prohibition on leafleting on public street
  • holding that the government cannot ban handbills, speech, to vindicate its interest in preventing littering, conduct
  • holding that state interest in preventing littering did not justify ban on leafletting

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Judges: Roberts, McReynolds

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