 In this particular case, the Supreme Court ruled it was not constitutional for a city to require such sanction.Appellant, Alma Lovell, had been distributing literature as a Jehovah's Witness.She was arrested for this, pursuant to a Griffin, Georgia city ordinance which read, in part, that the
practice of distributing, either by hand or otherwise, circulars, handbooks, advertising, or literature of any kind, whether said articles are being delivered free, or whether same are being sold, within the limits of the City of Griffin, without first obtaining written permission from the City Manager of the City of Griffin, such practice shall be deemed a nuisance, and punishable as an offense against the City of Griffin.