COURTS
(See also Judges; Legal Cases; Sanhedrin; Supreme Court Decisions; Trials [Court])
(Note centered heading below: List by Place)
AIDS:
blood banks sued: g89 5/22 28; g89 12/8 31
victims who spit on or bite police: g86 5/8 29
artists who sketch court scenes: g03 4/8 14-15
Bible times: it-1 516-519
Judea (first century): w16.10 31
patriarchal society: it-1 517
tribunal: it-2 1127-1128
blood transfusion cases: w96 11/15 24; g92 9/22 12; g89 10/22 11-15; yb88 30; yb87 100-102
answering questions by judges or doctors: km 9/92 5-6; km 11/90 6
appreciation by judges and doctors for Awake! articles on: g86 5/8 26-28
callous attitude toward 17-year-old: g94 5/22 11-12
court orders: km 9/92 4-6; w91 6/15 15-16, 31
court orders modified: g93 11/22 26-27
family rights do not override religious beliefs: w86 6/15 14
hospital found guilty: g90 7/22 28; g90 10/8 31
initiated by Witnesses: jv 185-186
lawyers’ comments on medical liability: w86 4/15 27
mature minors: kr 162-164; g95 1/22 11-12, 15; g94 5/22 3-8, 12-15; w91 6/15 16-18; yb91 59; g91 8/22 14; g87 10/22 17-20
minor children no basis for forcing blood on parent: w20.07 28-29; yb91 58-59
patient has right to refuse blood: w20.07 28; yb11 26; yb03 20; yb02 16-17; g98 8/22 11; w97 8/1 32; yb97 14; g90 9/8 31
child custody: kr 164-166; yb97 15; g97 12/8 4-8, 10-11; g92 9/22 11-12; g88 10/22 3-9, 12-13
assistance from branch office: km 1/08 7; yb91 59; yb88 29
out-of-court mediation: g97 12/8 4, 8
preparing for court hearings: g88 10/22 12-13
religion as an issue: g97 12/8 5-7; g95 11/22 27; g92 9/22 11-12; g90 4/8 31; yb88 28-30; g88 10/22 4-9
what judges consider: g97 12/8 4-7, 10-11; g88 10/22 4
Witness view of unfavorable decision: g88 10/22 13-14
Christian congregation: it-1 519; it-2 1052
Christian view of secular:
oaths: w12 10/15 27; w03 1/15 21
respect: w93 7/1 21
taking fellow Christians to court: it-1 870; it-2 1052; w16.11 12-13; w97 3/15 21-22; w97 4/15 27; w96 3/15 15; w95 5/1 30
conduct in court: sg 94-95
Paul’s example: bt 193-194, 198, 201; w16.09 15-16
convictions by DNA identification: g89 8/8 31
“deep pockets” theory: g88 5/22 11
early Christians: kr 134
European Court of Human Rights: yb12 34; yb02 13; g96 3/8 20-21
photo of U.S. legal team: w25.07 27
experiences:
court reporter appreciates Awake!: g98 7/8 32
judge intrigued: w06 12/1 32
marriage office: yb98 12
priest unable to prove purgatory: jv 682
forensic science: w98 6/15 28; g98 3/8 6
Hague Court: g91 9/8 5-6
Holocaust’s reality sustained: g89 4/8 4-6
injustices:
contributing factors: w98 6/15 27-28
examples: w98 6/15 26-28
Jehovah holds court: it-1 516-517; w95 10/15 19-20
“Ancient of Days” (Da 7): w12 10/1 18; dp 144-148
Jehovah’s Witnesses: w25.07 30; bt 186; w15 10/15 7; kr 132-134, 136-167; w13 8/15 30; jt 8; w98 12/1 19-22; jv 678-701; g92 9/22 11-13; br78 8; g87 10/22 24-27
Assembly Halls: jv 331-332
attitude toward appealing decisions: bt 200
attitude toward jury duty: w97 4/1 27-29; w97 4/15 27
attitude toward paying fines for witness work: jv 683
attitude toward taking oaths: w01 8/15 20; w97 11/15 22
contributions to constitutional law: bt 200; w01 5/15 32; w98 12/1 20; g98 4/22 22; g96 7/22 5; jv 690, 698-699
contributions to medical law: yb96 24
court clerk lauds Witnesses for honesty: g88 8/8 25
education for Witnesses: jv 690-692
issue of peddling without a license: jv 681; yb87 170-175; g87 10/22 26
number of high court victories world wide: w25.07 27; w13 8/15 30
number of victories before European Court of Human Rights: w24.06 17; w15 2/15 28
permits: jv 681-682, 697-698
reversal of Supreme Court decisions (U.S.): jv 687
signal service to democracy (quote): jt 8; g96 7/22 5; g91 12/8 24; br78 8
probation for rapist due to girl’s suggestive clothing: g86 7/22 29
proper scope of inquiry into religious beliefs and practices: g88 10/22 6
time of day when judges are more favorable: g 3/12 28
trial of the gods: it-1 852; w14 11/15 21-22; ip-2 51-54, 64-65, 70-72; w95 9/1 12-13; w93 1/15 22; w88 2/1 10-20
source of name Jehovah’s Witnesses: w25.05 28-29; jv 17-18; br78 5
List by Place
Altay Republic:
Witness accused of inciting religious hatred (2010): yb12 42-43
Witnesses deemed extremist: w11 5/1 18-19; yb11 27
Argentina:
appeals court upholds right of Witness parent to educate child on religion (2016): yb17 30
minister of justice exonerates Witness imprisoned for neutrality (2007): yb08 18
Supreme Court upholds right of Witness children to school (1979): kr 154-155; yb01 184
Supreme Court upholds right of Witnesses to refuse blood (2012): kr 161-162; yb14 33-34
Armenia:
Court of Cassation exonerates elder (2002): w03 4/1 11-14; yb03 16-17
European Court of Human Rights on military service (2011): w25.07 30; kr 152-153; yb14 30; yb13 37-38; g 10/13 3; w12 8/15 17; w12 11/1 29-31; yb12 34-35; yb11 21-22; yb10 17; yb08 19
harsher sentences for conscientious objection (2003): yb04 18
proceedings against Witnesses for refusing unacceptable alternative service dropped (2006): yb08 18
Australia:
ban on Witnesses struck down (1943): re 92; jv 658
child custody: g88 10/22 7
damages awarded for forced passive smoking: g92 10/22 29
inquest into Kingdom Hall bombing: g86 8/8 29
Austria:
European Court of Human Rights upholds legal recognition of Witnesses as religion (2005, 2008, 2009): yb10 16; yb09 26; yb06 14
European Court of Human Rights upholds Witness in child custody case (1993, 1996): yb97 15; g96 3/8 21; g93 10/8 15
Nazi judge risks life to spare Witness: yb89 127-128
Witnesses during Nazi era: yb89 105-106, 119-121
Azerbaijan:
case of Sisters Zakharchenko and Jabrayilova (2015- ): yb17 31-32
European Court of Human Rights asked to rule on literature issue (2010): yb11 22-23
European Court of Human Rights asked to uphold freedom of worship: yb15 37; yb14 33; yb13 38; yb09 26-27
Belgium:
11-year-old’s right to be a Witness upheld: yb97 15
Berlin, West:
Witnesses exempted from military service: g87 4/22 30
Brazil:
damages imposed for breaking engagement: w87 2/15 21
government to pay damages for AIDS from blood: g92 1/22 28
Witness victory over carrying firearms: g94 10/8 28
Britain:
comments on removal from the congregation: ijwfq article 66
lying by defendants: g88 9/8 30
wigs worn by barristers and judges: g90 4/8 29
Bulgaria:
European Court of Human Rights upholds expelled missionaries (2003-2004): yb05 10; yb04 18
Canada:
Assembly Hall (Surrey, British Columbia): jv 331
blood refused by youths: kr 162-164; g95 1/22 11-12, 15; g94 5/22 3-8, 12-14; g87 10/22 17-20
blood transfusions: g90 9/8 31; yb88 30
child abuse by priest: g90 9/8 29
child custody: g90 4/8 31; yb88 29-30; g88 10/22 6-7, 9
Donald v. Hamilton Board of Education: jv 688
house-to-house ministry unrestricted (2001, 2003): g04 7/8 24-25; yb02 13-14
immigrant sentenced for publishing denial of Nazi Holocaust: g89 4/8 4
literature distribution (1953, Laurier Saumur v. The City of Quebec): kr 146-147; w00 2/1 27; g00 4/22 22; jv 690
parents’ rights (1995): g95 11/8 13-14
Quebec: kr 138-139; g00 4/22 20-21; jv 498, 680-682, 690
Red Cross liable for blood-borne HIV infection: g98 9/22 31
right of noncustodial parent to teach religious beliefs: g90 4/8 31
sedition (1950, Aimé Boucher v. His Majesty The King): kr 138-139; w00 2/1 27; g00 4/22 21-22; jv 689-690
Witness visits upheld as community service (2001): w03 12/1 30-31
Congo, Democratic Republic of (Zaire):
ban on Witnesses illegal (1993): kr 143-145; yb04 236-237; yb94 61
Costa Rica:
flag salute: yb88 234
seat belt law struck down: g98 7/8 29
Cyprus:
mobsters who attacked Witnesses found guilty: yb95 88-89
Witness victory on branch construction: yb95 109
Czechoslovakia:
Witnesses tried in secret (1953): yb00 181-182
Czech Republic:
conscientious objectors may not be tried twice (1999): yb00 221-222
Denmark:
child custody: kr 165-166
literature distribution by Witnesses: kr 140; jv 494-495; yb93 94-95, 121-122
Ecuador:
Constitutional Court hears case on religious freedom in Indigenous communities: hdu article 12
El Salvador:
supreme court upholds right to medical treatment (1998): g99 5/22 29
Eritrea:
Witnesses arrested at Memorial in 2014 (2016): yb17 32
Europe: w24.06 16-17
who pays court costs: g88 5/22 11
France:
access to documents used to label Witnesses as cult (2005): g 7/06 29
Bethel family members exempt from taxes (2007): yb08 15
child custody: yb05 11; g04 11/22 12; g98 11/22 20
ex-representative of National Assembly convicted of slandering Witnesses (2007): yb08 15-16
issue of taxation of Witnesses (1998-2012): w25.07 26-27; kr 160; yb14 35; w13 8/15 30; yb13 34-35; w12 8/15 17; yb12 39-40; w11 8/15 20; yb10 24; yb09 27; yb08 16; yb07 24; yb06 15; yb01 22-23
Lyon ordered to offer municipal hall for Memorial (2007): yb08 15
French Equatorial Africa:
Witnesses not Communists: yb04 145
Georgia, Republic of:
attempt to revoke legal registration of Witnesses (2000): yb01 21
European Court of Human Rights finds against government in persecution of Witnesses (2001/2002, 2004, 2007): w08 3/1 11; yb08 16-17; g 2/08 29; yb06 15; yb05 14; yb03 17-18; yb02 14
supreme court annuls legal registration of Witnesses (2001): yb02 14-15; g02 1/22 21-23
trial of persecutors (2001-2003): yb04 18-19; yb03 17
Germany (Nazi):
child custody: g88 10/22 7
Germany (Reunified):
former judge apologizes to Witness: w96 7/1 32
Internet child porn a crime: g02 2/22 29
prostitution not immoral: g01 8/8 28
regulation to have crucifix in all classrooms ruled invalid: g96 3/22 29
Witness victory on child custody (1996): yb97 15
Witness victory on public law status (2015): yb17 32-33
Witness victory on status as public corporation (1997-2001, 2004-2006): yb07 24; yb06 13, 15; g 8/06 19; yb05 14; yb02 15; w01 8/15 8
Germany, Federal Republic of (West):
Nuremberg International Tribunal cites duties transcending obedience to State: w90 11/1 25
Greece:
acknowledgments about Witnesses (Crete): g88 11/22 10
contributions for church not obligatory: yb94 107
Council of State upholds conscientious objectors (2008, 2010): yb11 24-25; yb09 22-23
Council of State upholds right of Witnesses to own houses of worship (2012): kr 159-160; w13 8/15 30
denial of legal status to Witnesses (Crete): w86 12/1 4-7; g86 10/22 31
European Court of Human Rights upholds Greek Witness (1993): bt 200; kr 147; w98 12/1 20-21; g96 3/8 21; yb94 67-68, 110; w93 9/1 27-31; g93 8/22 29
European Court of Human Rights upholds Greek Witnesses (1996): kr 159; g97 3/22 14-16
European Court of Human Rights upholds Greek Witnesses (1997): g98 1/8 19-23
European Court of Human Rights upholds Greek Witnesses (2000): kr 152; yb02 15
recognized Witness ministers exempt from military: yb94 108
Witness cases: kr 159-160; jv 680, 695
Witnesses a “known” religion (1959, 1996, 2012): kr 159-160; yb94 107
Witnesses not Zionists (1976): yb94 107-108
Witness victories on proselytism (1995): w97 2/1 32; w95 12/15 32
Witness victory on proselytism (1993): w93 9/1 28-29
India:
Witness children not obligated to sing national anthem (1986): re 43; w88 2/1 19-20; w87 11/1 21-23; yb87 20-21; g86 12/8 29
Indonesia:
Catholic clergy charge Witnesses with slander, ridicule, animosity (1933): yb16 97
Ireland:
members of anti-Witness mob found guilty: yb88 91
mobbed Witnesses ordered to keep the peace: yb88 99
prejudice apparent: yb88 106-107
Israel:
Witness right to use hall for convention upheld (2007): yb08 20
Witness student wrongly expelled for neutrality (1993): g94 11/8 12-15
Israel (ancient): it-1 517-519, 1182; it-2 233-235
accusations: it-1 39
evidence: it-2 234-235
false testimony: it-2 794
high courts: it-1 1112-1113
impartiality required: it-1 1193
Law covenant: it-1 517-518, 787; it-2 214-215, 233-235
local courts: w06 2/15 31
procedure: it-2 233-234; w11 4/1 20
Sanhedrin: bt 39; it-1 518-519, 1113; w06 2/15 31; w89 7/15 24-25
synagogues: it-1 519, 787; it-2 1052
Italy:
arrest warrants for Vatican bank officials nullified: re 264; w88 1/15 19
compensation for damage from infected blood: g99 9/8 28
informed consent for blood transfusion upheld: w96 11/15 24
priest and lawyer found guilty of libel against Witnesses (1997): w98 8/15 31
surgeon guilty of manslaughter: g91 4/8 28
Japan:
amount of litigation: g88 5/22 12-13
damages awarded for forced confinement to “deprogram” Witness (2001): yb02 15-16
High Court awards damages for forced blood transfusion (1998): w98 12/1 22; w98 12/15 26-29; g98 8/22 11
parents to pay for youths’ crimes: g93 4/8 29
patients’ rights: w86 6/15 14
student exemption from kendo drills upheld (1994, 1996): g00 4/22 24; w98 12/1 22; yb98 137-138; yb97 14; w96 11/1 19-21; g96 5/22 30; g96 9/8 28; g95 10/8 10-14
Supreme Court prohibits forced blood transfusions (2000): kr 161-162; g00 9/22 28
Kazakhstan:
Witness publications banned (2013): yb14 32
Witness victories (2008): yb10 20
Korea, Republic of (South):
Constitutional Court considering conscientious exemption from military service (2015): yb17 37-38
Constitutional Court denies exemption from military service (2002, 2004, 2011): yb16 32; yb12 37; yb05 15-16; yb03 18-19
convictions for neutrality appealed: yb08 17-18
UN Human Rights Committee upholds Witness neutrality (2006, 2012): w13 8/15 30; yb13 41; yb12 37; yb09 23; yb08 17-18
Kyrgyzstan:
local residents who destroyed Kingdom Hall convicted (2013): yb14 34
Supreme Court upholds right to conscientious objection: yb15 33-34
victory on charge of fraud against Witness sisters (2013-2016): yb17 33-34
victory on charge of holding illegal meetings (2015-2016): yb17 34
Macedonia:
supreme court allows unrestricted importation of Witness literature: yb09 220
Mexico:
flag salute: yb95 234-236
right of child to education: yb95 234-235
Supreme Court of Justice upholds religious freedom in Indigenous communities: hdu article 12
Moldova:
Witness victories: yb10 19-20
Namibia:
Witness mother upheld in blood case (2015): yb16 36-37
Netherlands:
charge that Witness literature insulted clergy dismissed (1939): jv 682
Permanent Court of Arbitration: dp 259
Supreme Court overturns ordinances severely limiting literature distribution (1953): kr 146
Nicaragua:
Supreme Court upholds freedom of worship and speech (1953): kr 142-143; yb03 75
Nigeria:
Witnesses not obligated to join age-grade associations (1991, 2014): yb15 34-35; w92 12/15 19-20
Norway:
child custody: yb97 15; g95 11/22 27
Paraguay:
Witness schoolchildren and national anthem (1984-1987): yb98 240-241
Peru:
Witnesses upheld in literature taxation issue (2003): yb05 14-15
Philippines:
flag salute and national anthem not compulsory (1993): kr 155-156; yb03 234-235; w98 12/1 22; yb94 58; g94 1/8 22-23
flag salute compulsory (1959): yb03 233-234
Poland:
during ban (1950-1989): w05 8/1 19
responsible Witnesses sentenced (1951, 1955): yb94 226-229
Portugal:
Witnesses accused of illegal meetings (1966): w17.02 16
Puerto Rico:
blood transfusion: yb11 26; w02 4/1 27; yb97 14; w96 1/15 30; yb87 100-102
public neighborhoods closed to Witnesses (2004): yb05 15
Roman Empire:
accusations: it-1 39
Judea: w16.10 31
use of pebbles for verdicts: it-2 1037; re 46
Romania:
appeals court upholds legal recognition of Witnesses (2003): yb05 15
Supreme Court upholds legal recognition of Witnesses (2001): yb02 16
Supreme Court upholds Witness preaching and literature (1935): kr 146
Witness cases (1933-1939): bt 186; yb04 86; jv 679-680
Russia:
Constitutional Court upholds legality of congregation (2000): yb01 22
Constitutional Court upholds right to hold meetings (2012): yb14 35
criminal charges against Witnesses: w23.04 19
disruption of Memorial in Moscow (2006): yb08 250; yb07 27, 30
efforts to ban Witnesses in Moscow (1995-2004): kr 158; w11 7/15 4-7; yb09 27; yb08 251, 255; yb06 15-16; yb05 4, 17-18; yb04 19; yb03 13, 18; yb02 16; yb01 22; g01 4/22 14-15; g01 8/22 29; g01 12/22 15-16; yb00 27-30
European Court of Human Rights appealed to in 13 cases (2011): yb12 43
European Court of Human Rights asked to review repeated prosecutions against Witnesses (2001): yb09 27
European Court of Human Rights rules Moscow ban of Witnesses illegal (2010): kr 159; yb13 40; w12 12/15 22; yb12 40-41; w11 7/15 8-9; w11 8/15 20; yb11 28-30; yb08 255
European Court of Human Rights upholds privacy of medical records (2013): yb14 35
European Court of Human Rights upholds Witnesses in case on meeting disruption (2004, 2007): yb13 40; yb08 250; w07 5/15 31; yb06 16
judicial chamber upholds Witnesses over newspaper (1998): w98 12/1 17-18; g98 11/22 26-27
regional court upholds jw.org (2014): yb15 35-36
Supreme Court holds jw.org “extremist” (2014): yb16 38
Supreme Court reverses liquidation of Tyumen congregation (2015-2016): yb17 36
Witnesses deemed extremist (2009-2010): w12 10/15 32; yb12 41; w11 5/1 18-19; yb11 26-27
Rwanda:
Witness children exonerated from charge of not singing national anthem (2014): yb16 34
Witnesses sentenced (1986): yb92 193-194
Serbia:
Supreme Court upholds Witness distribution of literature (1983): kr 147
Singapore:
Witnesses challenge 1972 ban (1994): g97 6/8 23
Witnesses convicted for attending meetings and having literature (1995-1996): g00 4/22 24
Witnesses convicted for neutrality: g97 6/8 23-25; w95 10/1 29-30
South Africa:
Johannesburg Supreme Court upholds neutrality of Witness students (1976): yb07 122-123
Labour Court rules Bethel family members not employees (2009): yb10 16
Spain:
Witness mother retains custody of children (2008): g 7/10 14
Swaziland:
Witness stand on mourning customs: yb07 171; w98 7/15 22
Sweden:
economic benefits for Witnesses as religious organization (2012- ): yb16 40-41
Switzerland:
ban struck down: yb87 167-168
peddling without a license: yb87 170-175
Witness absolved of disturbing religious peace (1927): kr 146
Witness cases during the ’30’s: yb87 150-154
Witness cases during World War II: yb87 157, 162-163
Witnesses upheld in public witnessing case: yb16 37
Witness neutrality: yb87 157, 175-176
Tanzania:
Witness children not required to sing national anthem (2013): yb14 31-32
Witnesses during 1970’s and 1980’s: yb92 146-148
Trinidad and Tobago:
Witness cases: yb87 229-230
Türkiye:
European Court of Human Rights upholds Witness conscientious objection (2011, 2014): yb15 36; yb13 36-37; yb10 23; yb07 26
Istanbul Sisli Peace Court upholds Witness distribution of literature (2006): yb08 22
Witness appeal on sealed Kingdom Hall rejected (2009): yb11 31
Witness victory in Council of the Supreme Court of Appeal (1985/1986): kr 147; yb87 21; g86 11/8 29
Turkmenistan:
Witness father sentenced for holding “illegal” meetings (2015): yb17 38
Uganda:
High Court rules Bethel family members not employees (2009): yb10 17
Ukraine:
High Specialized Court upholds Witness conscientious objection (2015): yb16 33-34
supreme court exonerates Witness literature (1965): yb02 219
United States:
AIDS-related cases: g89 5/22 28; g89 12/8 31
amount of litigation: g88 5/22 12-13
blood transfusions: w20.07 28; yb05 16; yb03 20; yb02 16-17; g98 8/22 11; w97 8/1 32; yb97 14; g94 5/8 28; g94 5/22 11-12, 14-15; g92 9/22 12; yb91 58-59; hb 30; g90 7/22 28; g90 10/8 31
child abuse by priests: g93 4/8 31
child custody: kr 164-165; yb12 39; yb97 15; g97 12/8 6-7; g92 9/22 11; yb88 28-29; g88 10/22 3-9
court-ordered cesarean section on dying woman ruled improper: g90 8/8 28
discrimination suit between blacks allowed: g89 8/22 29
embryos are human beings: g90 10/8 26
flag salute: kr 154; g93 7/22 14-16
Holocaust’s reality sustained: g89 4/8 6
mothers responsible for effects of drug abuse on unborn: g89 10/22 29
New Jersey teachers defy court order: g87 11/22 30
obscenities ruled to be art: g92 1/22 5
ordinances restricting witness work: jv 683-687, 697-698
parents’ medical rights: yb12 39; hb 21-22
patient’s preference only factor to be considered: g90 8/8 28
posthypnotic testimony not admitted: rs 318; g86 4/22 29-30
prisoners allowed pornographic magazines: g89 6/22 29
Rutherford and associates (1918/1919): w19.10 3; w18.10 4-5; w16.11 29-30; kr 23-24; w08 9/15 8; re 39-40, 167-169; w00 10/1 26-27; jv 69-70, 650-654; w89 4/1 9; w87 6/15 16
shunning removed or disassociated ones: w88 4/15 26, 28-29; g87 10/22 27
survey of prison sentences: w89 3/1 20
teaching intelligent design in school held unconstitutional (Pennsylvania): g 9/06 30
video Legally Defending the Good News: lff lesson 21
Witness victory regarding preaching without a permit (New Jersey, 1999): yb00 26
Witness victory regarding Stanley Theater, New Jersey: w20.07 27-28; jv 331-332; yb87 3-4
U.S. Court of Appeals:
noncustodial Witness parent has right to teach religious views to own children (2014): yb16 36
right to obey 2 John 9-11 upheld: w88 4/15 26, 28-29; g87 10/22 27
U.S. Supreme Court:
company-owned towns (1946, Marsh v. Alabama): g98 4/22 23-24
effect of Witness cases: jv 699
flag salute (1940, Minersville School District v. Gobitis): kr 154; jv 670, 684-685, 687; g93 7/22 15; g91 12/8 22-24; g88 6/8 23
flag salute (1943, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette): kr 154; re 92; jv 197, 686-688; g93 7/22 16; g91 12/8 23-24; g88 6/8 23-24; g87 10/22 27
freedom of speech: g87 10/22 24-26
house-to-house preaching (2002, Watchtower v. Village of Stratton): lff lesson 21; kr 147; yb05 16; yb04 17; yb03 13, 19-20; g03 1/8 3-11; g03 9/8 30
literature distribution (1938, Lovell v. City of Griffin): bt 200; jv 684
literature distribution (1942, Jones v. City of Opelika): jv 685-687
literature distribution (1943, Murdock v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania): kr 140-142; re 92; w04 3/15 12-13; g03 1/8 9-10; w98 12/1 20; jv 349, 687-688
local laws subject to First Amendment (1940, Cantwell v. Connecticut): kr 136-138; g03 1/8 5; jv 684
military service (1955, Sicurella v. United States): kr 151-152
nonreligious burial for aborted fetuses (1985): g86 1/8 29
not unlawful to ring doorbells (1943, Martin v. City of Struthers): re 92
number of Witness cases: w01 6/1 19; jv 499, 679, 687-688, 699; g87 10/22 27
parental authority limited (1944): km 9/92 4
parents’ rights (1979, Parham v. J.R.): hb 21
U.S. a Christian nation: jv 684
Witness preaching not seditious (1943, Taylor v. State of Mississippi): re 92; jv 688
Uzbekistan:
conviction of Witnesses for teaching religion (2007): yb08 16
conviction of Witness overturned (2003): yb04 20