Prince v. Massachusetts

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United States Supreme Court case landmark decision

Prince v. Massachusetts is a 1944 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld state authority to regulate child labor and limit children's religiously motivated activities in public for their protection.

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Label	Occurrences
Prince v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts	1
Prince v. Massachusetts canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ
areaOfLaw	First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: First Amendment law constitutional law ⓘ family law ⓘ labor law ⓘ
argued	1943-12-14 ⓘ
citation	321 U.S. 158 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decided	1944-01-31 ⓘ
decisionDate	1944-01-31 ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy	Justice Frank Murphy ⓘ Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ Robert H. Jackson ⓘ surface form: Justice Robert H. Jackson (in part)
docketNumber	No. 260 ⓘ
factSummary	A Jehovah's Witness guardian allowed her minor niece to distribute religious literature on the streets in violation of a child labor law. ⓘ
fullCaseName	Prince v. Massachusetts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Prince v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
holding	Parental authority and religious freedom do not include a right to expose children to potential harm in violation of valid child labor laws. ⓘ The state may regulate the activities of children in public places in the interest of their welfare and safety. ⓘ
joinedByMajority	Justice Harlan F. Stone ⓘ surface form: Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone Felix Frankfurter ⓘ surface form: Justice Felix Frankfurter Hugo L. Black ⓘ surface form: Justice Hugo L. Black Robert H. Jackson ⓘ surface form: Justice Robert H. Jackson Justice Stanley Reed ⓘ surface form: Justice Stanley F. Reed Justice Wiley B. Rutledge ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
legalIssue	child labor regulation ⓘ free exercise of religion ⓘ parental rights ⓘ state police power ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Justice Wiley B. Rutledge ⓘ
page	158 ⓘ
party	Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Sarah Prince ⓘ
precedentFor	balancing parental rights and child welfare ⓘ limits on free exercise claims involving minors ⓘ state authority to limit children’s religiously motivated activities in public ⓘ
relatedCase	Meyer v. Nebraska ⓘ Pierce v. Society of Sisters ⓘ Wisconsin v. Yoder ⓘ
relatedConcept	parens patriae ⓘ police power of the state ⓘ
reporter	United States Reports ⓘ
result	conviction affirmed ⓘ
stateLawInvolved	Massachusetts child labor statute ⓘ
volume	321 ⓘ
yearDecided	1944 ⓘ

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