Newton Cantwell

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Jehovah's Witness U.S. Supreme Court case person

Newton Cantwell was a Jehovah’s Witness whose door-to-door religious advocacy led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Cantwell v. Connecticut, which significantly expanded First Amendment protections for religious freedom and free speech.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cantwell v. Connecticut	0

Statements (18)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jehovah's Witness ⓘ U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ person ⓘ
activity	door-to-door religious advocacy ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
effect	expanded First Amendment protections for free speech ⓘ expanded First Amendment protections for religious freedom ⓘ
hasRoleIn	Cantwell v. Connecticut ⓘ
involves	JehovahsWitnesses ⓘ surface form: Jehovah's Witnesses Newton Cantwell self-linksurface differs ⓘ
notableFor	being a central figure in the U.S. Supreme Court case Cantwell v. Connecticut ⓘ
occupation	religious evangelist ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	JehovahsWitnesses ⓘ surface form: Jehovah's Witnesses
subject	First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ freedom of religion ⓘ freedom of speech ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

State v. Cantwell, 126 Conn. 1, 8 A.2d 533 (1939) → defendant → Newton Cantwell ⓘ

Cantwell family → hasMember → Newton Cantwell ⓘ

Newton Cantwell → involves → Newton Cantwell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Cantwell v. Connecticut

Cantwell v. Connecticut → petitioner → Newton Cantwell ⓘ