Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc. v. Village of Stratton

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Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc. v. Village of Stratton is a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down a village ordinance requiring door-to-door canvassers to obtain a permit, holding that it violated First Amendment protections for anonymous religious and political advocacy.

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instanceOf First Amendment case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
door-to-door solicitation case ⓘ
freedom of association case ⓘ
freedom of press case ⓘ
freedom of religion case ⓘ
freedom of speech case ⓘ
arguedDate 2002-02-26 ⓘ
citation 536 U.S. 150 ⓘ
concurrenceBy Antonin Scalia ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 2002-06-17 ⓘ
dissentBy William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
docketNumber 00-1737 ⓘ
fullName Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc. v. Village of Stratton ⓘ
holding A village ordinance requiring a permit for door-to-door advocacy violates the First Amendment as applied to religious and political canvassing. ⓘ
The ordinance impermissibly burdens anonymous political and religious speech. ⓘ
The ordinance is unconstitutional because it is not narrowly tailored to serve the village’s interests in preventing fraud, crime, and undue annoyance. ⓘ
issue constitutionality of permit requirement for door-to-door advocacy ⓘ
joinedByInMajority Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ
David H. Souter ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
legalProvisionInterpreted First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
locationOfOrdinance Stratton, Ohio ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy John Paul Stevens ⓘ
page 150 ⓘ
petitioner Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc. ⓘ
individual Jehovah’s Witnesses ⓘ
relatedCase Cantwell v. Connecticut ⓘ
Martin v. City of Struthers ⓘ
McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission ⓘ
relatedTo Jehovah’s Witnesses ⓘ
linked to: JehovahsWitnesses

permit requirements for canvassing ⓘ
reporter United States Reports ⓘ
respondent Village of Stratton, Ohio ⓘ
shortName Watchtower v. Village of Stratton ⓘ
topic anonymous speech ⓘ
door-to-door canvassing ⓘ
municipal regulation of solicitation ⓘ
political advocacy ⓘ
religious proselytizing ⓘ
volume 536 ⓘ
voteDissent 1 ⓘ
voteMajority 8 ⓘ
yearDecided 2002 ⓘ

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linked to: Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc. v. Village of Stratton