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Murdock v. Pennsylvania
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (July 2017) |
| Murdock v. Pennsylvania | |
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| Argued March 10–11, 1943 Decided May 3, 1943 | |
| Full case name | Murdock v. Pennsylvania |
| Citations | 319 U.S. 105 (more) 63 S. Ct. 870; 87 L. Ed. 1292; 1943 U.S. LEXIS 711 |
| Holding | |
| A Pennsylvania ordinance imposing a license tax for those selling merchandise when such material is religious in nature violates the Free Exercise Clause. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Douglas, joined by Stone, Black, Murphy, Rutledge |
| Dissent | Reed, joined by Roberts, Frankfurter, Jackson |
| Dissent | Frankfurter, joined by Jackson |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. I | |
Murdock v. Pennsylvania, 319 U.S. 105 (1943), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that an ordinance requiring door-to-door salespersons ("solicitors") to purchase a license was an unconstitutional tax on religious exercise.
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