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WATCHTOWER BIBLE, ETC. v. STRATTON, OH, ET AL. (25774)

    Order dated: 10/15/01
    Docket number: 00-1737
    Action:
        The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to Question 2 presented by the petition.

WATCHTOWER BIBLE, ETC. v. STRATTON, OH, ET AL. (25774)

    Order dated: 01/22/02
    Docket number: 00-1737
    Action:
        The motion of Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae is granted. The motion of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted.

WATCHTOWER BIBLE, ETC. v. STRATTON, OH, ET AL. (25774)

    Order dated: 02/15/02
    Docket number: 00-1737
    Action:
        The motion of Ohio, et al., for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument is granted.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

Does a municipal ordinance that requires one to obtain a permit prior to engaging in the door-to-door advocacy of a political cause and to display upon demand the permit, which contains one's name, violate the First Amendment protection accorded to anonymous pamphleteering or discourse?

An opinion has been handed down: