Cantwell v. Connecticut, 310 U.S. 296, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1940, is the Court's own opinion holding that the Free Exercise Clause applies to the states and protects door to door religious solicitation. As the primary judicial record, it is fully authoritative for what the Court actually held, which is the fact this atlas cites it for. It is the ruling itself, not a historical or religious studies account of the underlying dispute between the Jehovah's Witness defendants and the state of Connecticut, which needs its own separate source.
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Cantwell v. Connecticut, 310 U.S. 296, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1940, the top tier reflecting the Court's own primary opinion holding that the Free Exercise Clause applies to the states and protects door to door religious solicitation. As the primary judicial record it is fully authoritative for what the Court actually held. It is the ruling itself, not a historical or religious studies account of the underlying dispute, which needs its own separate source. NotesThe Supreme Court of the United States' own opinion in Cantwell v. Connecticut, 310 U.S. 296 (1940); the court's ruling on the free exercise claim before it, not a historical or religious-studies account of the underlying dispute.
Citation
AuthorSupreme Court of the United States
Publication Year1940
URLhttps://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/310/296
Source Typelegal
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)
This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Religious Legal Instruments, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Denominations, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Practices, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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8Religious Legal Instruments
General References
3Religious Legal Instruments
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