In 1949, the city denied a license to use a city park and arrested a Jehovah's Witnesses preacher. The resulting case reached the US Supreme Court; in Niemotko v. Maryland (1951), the court ruled that Jehovah's Witnesses were protected by constitutional rights to the free exercise of religion, and the city should have granted them the permit to speak in the park.
in 1949 the city denied a license to use a city park and arrested a jehovah's witnesses preacher the resulting case reached the us supreme court; in niemotko v maryland (1951) the court ruled that jehovah's witnesses were protected by constitutional rights to the free exercise of religion and the city should have granted them the permit to speak in the park