The Supreme Court's own 1943 opinion in Martin v. Struthers is a primary legal document, available at the court's own case archive. Its strength is that it is the actual ruling on the door-to-door canvassing ordinance the court struck down, decided the same year as the related case Murdock v. Pennsylvania. Its limit is the same as any court opinion: it addresses the legal question before it and is not an independent account of Jehovah's Witness belief or practice.
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Reliability tier 1: the Supreme Court's own primary legal document, available at the court's own case archive. NotesThe Supreme Court of the United States' own opinion in Martin v. Struthers, 319 U.S. 141 (1943); the court's ruling on the door-to-door canvassing ordinance before it, not an independent account of Jehovah's Witness practice.
Citation
AuthorSupreme Court of the United States
Publication Year1943
URLhttps://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/319/141/
Source Typelegal
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Practices, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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