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DOUGLAS v. JEANNETTE

No. 450.

319 U.S. 157 (1943)

63 S.Ct. 882

87 L.Ed. 1324

DOUGLAS ET AL. v. CITY OF JEANNETTE ET AL.

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 respondents.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioners brought this suit in the United States District Court for Western Pennsylvania to restrain threatened criminal prosecution of them in the state courts by respondents, the City of Jeannette (a Pennsylvania municipal corporation) and its Mayor, for violation of a city ordinance which prohibits the solicitation of orders for merchandise without first procuring a license from the city authorities...

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