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Prince Vs. Massachusetts

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 31, 1944

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  1. Cantwell Vs. Connecticut US Supreme Court · May 20, 1940
  2. Davis Vs. Beason US Supreme Court · Feb 03, 1890
  3. Jamison Vs. Texas US Supreme Court · Mar 08, 1943
  4. Murdock Vs. Pennsylvania US Supreme Court · May 03, 1943
  5. Largent Vs. Texas US Supreme Court · Mar 08, 1943
  6. Jacobson Vs. Massachusetts US Supreme Court · Feb 20, 1905
  7. Schneider Vs. State US Supreme Court · Nov 22, 1939
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  8. Meyer Vs. Nebraska US Supreme Court · Jun 04, 1923
  9. Muller Vs. Oregon US Supreme Court · Feb 24, 1908
  10. U.S. 158 (1944) U.S. Supreme Court Prince v. Massachusetts
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  11. U.S. 158 (1944) Prince v. Massachusetts
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  12. Cf. Meyer v. Nebraska
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  13. First Article can be given higher place than the others. All have preferred position in our basic scheme. Schneider v. State
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  14. of state power voicing it, have had recognition here, most recently in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
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  15. U.S. Page 321 U. S. 166 624. Previously, in Pierce v. Society
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  16. and the child's right to receive it, as against the state's requirement of attendance at public schools. And in Meyer v. Nebraska
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  17. whose primary function and freedom include preparation for obligations the state can neither supply nor hinder. Pierce v. Society
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  18. the family itself is not beyond regulation in the public interest, as against a claim of religious liberty. Reynolds v. United
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  19. or the child Page 321 U. S. 167 to communicable disease or the latter to ill health or death. People v. Pierson
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  20. shown to be necessary for or conducive to the child's protection against some clear and present danger, cf. Schenck v. United
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  21. the statute in its present application must fall. It cannot be sustained by any presumption of validity. Cf. Schneider v. State
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  22. except that it is applicable to adults or all persons generally, would be invalid. Young v. California
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  23. Nichols v. Massachusetts
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  24. Martin v. City
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  25. Cf. the facts as set forth in Jamison v. Texas
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  26. Busey v. District
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  27. In this respect, the Massachusetts decision is contrary to the trend in other states. Compare State v. Mead
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  28. State v. Meredith
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  29. Semansky v. Stark
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  30. Shreveport v. Teague
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  31. People v. Barber
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  32. Thomas v. Atlanta
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  33. Cincinnati v. Mosier
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  34. McSparran v. Portland
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  35. State v. Bailey
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  36. Meyer v. Nebraska
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  37. Pierce v. Society
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  38. West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
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  39. Sturges & Burn Mfg. Co. v. Beauchamp
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  40. Muller v. Oregon
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  41. Cf. People v. Ewer
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  42. State v. Chenoweth
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  43. Owens v. State
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  44. Lovell v. City
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  45. Hague v. Committee
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  46. Cox v. New
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  47. Chaplinsky v. New
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  48. prohibited transactions. The state court has construed these statutes to cover the activities here involved, cf. State v. Richardson
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  49. belief, we are not aided by any strong presumption of the constitutionality of such legislation. United States v. Carolene
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  50. S. 174 that justifies such a drastic restriction when the distribution is part of their religious faith. Murdock v. Pennsylvania
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