Lovell v. City of Griffin

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Lovell v. City of Griffin
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 4, 1938 Decided March 28, 1938
Full case name	Alma Lovell v. City of Griffin, Georgia
Citations	303 U.S. 444 (more) 58 S. Ct. 666; 82 L. Ed. 949; 1938 U.S. LEXIS 297
Case history
Prior	55 Ga. App. 609, 191 S.E. 152 (Ct. App. 1937); probable jurisdiction noted, 58 S. Ct. 52 (1937).
Holding
An ordinance broadly regulating the distribution of literature within the city limits was unconstitutional on its face.
Court membership
Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes Associate Justices James C. McReynolds · Louis Brandeis Pierce Butler · Harlan F. Stone Owen Roberts · Benjamin N. Cardozo Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Case opinion
Majority	Hughes, joined by McReynolds, Brandeis, Butler, Stone, Roberts, Black, Reed
Cardozo took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amends. I, XIV

Lovell v. City of Griffin, 303 U.S. 444 (1938), is a United States Supreme Court case.^[1] This case was remarkable in its discussion of the requirement of persons to seek government sanction to distribute religious material. In this particular case, the Supreme Court ruled it was not constitutional for a city to require such sanction.