Jones v. City of Opelika
| Jones v. City of Opelika | |
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| Argued February 5, April 30, 1942 Decided June 8, 1942 | |
| Full case name | Jones v. City of Opelika, Bowden et al. v. City of Fort Smith, Ark. Jobin v. State of Arizona |
| Citations | 316 U.S. 584 (more) 62 S. Ct. 1231; 86 L. Ed. 1691; 1942 U.S. LEXIS 447 |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Reed, joined by Roberts, Frankfurter, Byrnes, Jackson |
| Dissent | Stone, joined by Murphy, Black, Douglas |
| Dissent | Murphy, joined by Stone, Black, Douglas |
| Dissent | Black, Douglas, Murphy |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. I | |
Jones v. City of Opelika, 316 U.S. 584 (1942), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a statute prohibiting the sale of books without a license was constitutional because it covered not a religious ritual but only individuals who engaged in a commercial activity.