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  "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/303/444",
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  "title": "Lovell v. City of Griffin, 303 U.S. 444 (1938)",
  "publisher": "Lovell v. City of Griffin, 303 U.S. 444 (1938)",
  "published_on": "1938-03-28",
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    {
      "id": 899,
      "statement": "The Supreme Court heard argument in Lovell's case on February 4, 1938, and decided it on March 28, 1938.",
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    {
      "id": 900,
      "statement": "Alma Lovell was convicted in the Griffin, Georgia recorder's court and sentenced to fifty days in jail in default of a $50 fine for distributing literature without a permit.",
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      "statement": "Griffin's ordinance made it a punishable nuisance to distribute literature of any kind in the city without first obtaining written permission from the city manager.",
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    {
      "id": 902,
      "statement": "Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes wrote that \"its character is such that it strikes at the very foundation of the freedom of the press by subjecting it to license and censorship.\"",
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    {
      "id": 903,
      "statement": "The Supreme Court reversed Lovell's conviction and sent the case back for further proceedings.",
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      "id": 905,
      "statement": "Lovell was convicted for distributing a pamphlet and a magazine called the Golden Age.",
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      "slug": "1938-us-lovell-v-griffin-permit-requirement",
      "title": "United States: Supreme Court strikes down a Georgia city's permit requirement for distributing literature, 1938"
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