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Legal Citation: 303 U.S. 444 (1938)

Petitioner
Alma Lovell

Respondent
City of Griffin, Georgia

Petitioner's Claim
A city ordinance prohibiting distribution of any kind of literature within the city limits without permission of the city manager violates the First and Fourteenth. Amendments.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
O. R. Moyle

Chief Lawyers for Respondent
Hughes Spalding and Sumter M. Kelley

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, Louis D. Brandeis, Pierce Butler, Charles Evans Hughes (writing for the Court), James Clark McReynolds, Stanley Forman Reed, Owen Josephus Roberts, Harlan Fiske Stone

Justices Dissenting
None (Benjamin N. Cardozo did not participate)

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
28 March 1938

Decision
The city ordinance was...