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McDaniel v. Paty

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McDaniel v. Paty From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search This article does not cite any sources . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (July 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) United States Supreme Court case McDaniel v. Paty Supreme Court of the United States Argued December 5, 1977 Decided April 19, 1978 Full case name McDaniel v. Paty Citations 435 U.S. 618 ( more ) 98 S. Ct. 1322; 55 L. Ed. 2d 593 Prior history Paty v. McDaniel , 547 S.W.2d 897 (Tenn. 1977); probable jurisdiction noted, 432 U.S. 905 (1977). Holding A state law that forbade ordained ministers from elected office is unconstitutional. Court membership Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr.  · Potter Stewart Byron White  · Thurgood Mars...

McGowan v. Maryland

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McGowan v. Maryland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search United States Supreme Court case McGowan v. Maryland Supreme Court of the United States Argued December 8, 1960 Decided May 29, 1961 Full case name Margaret M. McGowan, et al. v. State of Maryland Citations 366 U.S. 420 ( more ) 81 S. Ct. 1101; 6 L. Ed. 2d 393; 1961 U.S. LEXIS 2008 Prior history Conviction upheld, Margaret M. McGowan v. State of Maryland , 220 Md. 117, 151 A.2d 156 (1959) Holding Laws proscribing or limiting Sunday trading are not necessarily unconstitutional. Court membership Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black  · Felix Frankfurter William O. Douglas  · Tom C. Clark John M. Harlan II  · William J. Brennan Jr. Charles E. Whittaker  · Potter Stewart Case opinions Majority Warren Concurrence Frankfurter, Harlan Dissent Douglas Laws applied Md...