A state cannot prohibit indigent people from moving into it. Decided November 24, 1941 (argued 1941). Opinion of the Court: James F. Byrnes → go there Topic: Freedom of movement. Edwards v. People of State of California, 314 U.S. 160 (1941), is a landmark United States Supreme Court case where a California law prohibiting the bringing of a non-resident "indigent person" into the state was struck down as unconstitutional. Wiki link