COLEMAN
v.
CITY OF GRIFFIN

U.S. | 1937-10-11
No. 159
302 U.S. 636 Supreme Court of the United States (1937) Positive Treatment
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Per Curiam:

Appeal from the Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Per Curiam:

The appeal herein is dismissed (1) for the want of a substantial federal question, Reynolds v. United States, 98 U. S. 145, 166, 167; Davis v. Beacon, 133 U. S. 333, 342, 343; (2) for the want of a properly presented federal question, Erie R. Co. v. Purdy, 185 U. S. 148, 154; Herndon v. Georgia, 295 U. S. 441, 443.

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  • Lovell v. City of Griffin, 303 U.S. 444 (U.S. 1938)
    …e contention as to restraint “upon the free exercise of religion,” with respect to the same ordinance, was presented in the case of Coleman v. City of Griffin, 55 Ga. App. 123, and the appeal was dismissed for want of a substantial federal question, 302 U. S. 636. Reynolds v. United States, 98 U. S. 145, 166, 167; Davis [*450] v. Beason, 133 U. S. 333, 342, 343. But, in the Coleman case, the Court did not deal with the question of freedom of speech and of the press, as it had not been properly-presented. We…
  • City OF Manchester v. Leiby, 117 F.2d 661 (1st Cir. 1941)
    …v. Beason, 133 U.S. 333, 10 S.Ct. 299, 33 L.Ed. 637; Hamilton v. Regents, 293 U.S. 245, 55 S.Ct. 197, 79 L.Ed. 343; Minersville School District v. Gobitis, 310 U.S. 586, 60 S.Ct. 1010, 84 L.Ed. 1375, 127 A.L.R. 1493. See Coleman v. City of Griffin, 302 U.S. 636, 58 S.Ct. 23, 82 L.Ed. 495. The civil authority can never concede the extreme claim- that police regulations of general application not directed against any sect or creed — however widely the regulations may be accepted as being reasonable and prope…

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