William Gobitas Papers 1935-1989 (bulk 1935-1940)

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William Gobitas Papers 1935-1989 (bulk 1935-1940)

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Insurance executive and piano tuner. Correspondence, notes, court documents, newspaper clippings, printed material, ephemera, and photographs relating to freedom of speech and legal cases involving Jehovah's Witnesses. Documents the United States Supreme Court case of Minersville v. Gobitis (sic) concerning the refusal of Gobitas and his sister Lillian (Gobitas) Klose to salute the American flag in their school in Minersville, Pennsylvania, in 1935.

100 items; 1 container; 0.4 linear feet

eng,

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6356095

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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United States. Supreme Court

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Supreme Court of the United States, final court of appeal and final expositor of the Constitution of the United States. Within the framework of litigation, the Supreme Court marks the boundaries of authority between state and nation, state and state, and government and citizen. Scope And Jurisdiction The Supreme Court was created by the Constitutional Convention of 1787 as the head of a federal court system, though it was not formally established until Congress passed the Judiciary Act in 17...

Klose, Lillian

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Minersville (Pa.). Board of School Directors

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Gobitas, William, 1925-1989

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Insurance executive and piano tuner. From the description of Papers of William Gobitas, 1935-1989 (bulk 1935-1940). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84401798 ...