Litigants: | Busey v. District of Columbia |
Arguedate: | June 1 |
Argueyear: | 1943 |
Decidedate: | June 14 |
Decideyear: | 1943 |
Fullname: | Busey, et al. v. District of Columbia |
Usvol: | 319 |
Uspage: | 579 |
Parallelcitations: | 63 S. Ct. 1277; 87 L. Ed. 1598; 1943 U.S. LEXIS 487 |
Prior: | 129 F.2d 24 (D.C. Cir. 1942) |
Holding: | District of Columbia Court of Appeals decision reversed and remanded. |
Percuriam: | yes |
Notparticipating: | Rutledge |
Busey v. District of Columbia, 319 U.S. 579 (1943), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States overturned the conviction of a Jehovah's Witness for unlicensed selling of magazines on public sidewalks.[1]