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303 Creative LLC v. Elenis
Abington School District v. Schempp
Agostini v. Felton
Aguilar v. Felton
Airport Commissioners of Los Angeles v. Jews for Jesus
American Legion v. American Humanist Association
Ansonia Board of Education v. Philbrook
Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn
Arlan’s Department Store v. Kentucky
Baker v. Nachtrieb
Bassett v. United States
Bender v. Williamsport Area School District
Berea College v. Kentucky
Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet
Board of Education of the Westside Community Schools v. Mergens
Board of Education v. Allen
Board of Regents of University of Wisconsin System v. Southworth
Bob Jones University v. United States
Bouldin v. Alexander
Bowen v. Kendrick
Bowen v. Roy
Bradfield v. Roberts
Braunfeld v. Brown
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
California v. Grace Brethren Church
Cantwell v. Connecticut
Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board v. Pinette
Carson v. Makin
Catholic Bishop of Nesqually v. Gibbon
Chamberlain v. Public Instruction Board
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
Chatwin v. United States
Christian Legal Society v. Martinez
Church of Scientology of California v. United States
Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah
City of Boerne v. Flores
Clawson v. United States
Clay v. United States
Cleveland v. United States
Cochran v. Louisiana State Board of Education
Coleman v. City of Griffin
Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Nyquist
Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Regan
Cooper v. Pate
Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints v. Amos
County of Allegheny v. ACLU
Cox v. New Hampshire
Crane v. Johnson
Cruz v. Beto
Cummings v. Missouri
Cutter v. Wilkinson
Davis v. Beason
Davis v. United States
Dewey v. Reynolds Metals Co.
Doremus v. Board of Education
Douglas v. City of Jeannette
Eagles v. Samuels
Edwards v. Aguillard
EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.
EEOC v. Arabian American Oil Co.
Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow
Employment Division, Oregon v. Smith (II)
Employment Division, Oregon v. Smith (I)
Engel v. Vitale
Epperson v. Arkansas
Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
Estate of Thornton v. Caldor
Everson v. Board of Education
Ex parte Hans Nielsen
Farrington v. Tokushige
First Unitarian Church v. County of Los Angeles
Flast v. Cohen
Follett v. Town of McCormick
Fowler v. Rhode Island
Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
Gallagher v. Crown Kosher Super Market of Massachusetts
Gara v. United States
Gibbons v. District of Columbia
Gillette v. United States
Girouard v. United States
Goesele v. Bimeler
Goldman v. Weinberger
Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao Do Vegetal
Gonzales v. United States
Gonzalez v. Roman Catholic Archbishop
Good News Club v. Milford Central School
Grand Rapids School District v. Ball
Groff v. DeJoy
Hamilton v. Regents of the University of California
Harris v. McRae
Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness
Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation
Hennington v. Georgia
Hernandez v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Hernandez v. Veterans’ Administration
Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Commission of Florida
Holt v. Hobbs
Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC
Hunt v. McNair
In re Snow
In re Summers
International Society for Krishna Consciousness v. Lee
Jamison v. Texas
Jehovah’s Witnesses v. King County Hospital
Jensen v. Quaring
Jimmy Swaggart Ministries v. Board of Equalization of California
Johnson v. Robison
Jones v. Opelika (I)
Jones v. Opelika (II)
Jones v. Wolf
Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson
Karcher v. May
Kedroff v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral
Kennedy v. Bremerton School Dist.
Kreshik v. St. Nicholas Cathedral
Kunz v. New York
Lamb’s Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District
Largent v. Texas
Larkin v. Grendel's Den
Larson v. Valente
Lee v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness
Lee v. Weisman
Lemon v. Kurtzman (I)
Lemon v. Kurtzman (II)
Levitt v. Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty
Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul, Home v. Pennsylvania
Locke v. Davey
Lovell v. City of Griffin
Lowrey v. Hawaii (I)
Lowrey v. Hawaii (II)
Lynch v. Donnelly
Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association
Marsh v. Alabama
Marsh v. Chambers
Martin v. Struthers
Maryland and Virginia Churches v. Sharpsburg Church
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
McCollum v. Board of Education
McCreary County v. ACLU
McDaniel v. Paty
McGowan v. Maryland
Meek v. Pittenger
Meyer v. Nebraska
Miles v. United States
Minersville School Board v. Gobitis
Mitchell v. Helms
Morse v. Frederick
Mueller v. Allen
Mulloy v. United States
Murdock v. Pennsylvania (City of Jeannette)
Murphy v. Ramsey
Musser v. Utah
National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic Bishop of Chicago
New York v. Cathedral Academy
Niemotko v. State of Maryland
Norwood v. Harrison
O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz
Oestereich v. Selective Service System
Ohio Civil Rights Commission v. Dayton Christian Schools
Order of St. Benedict v. Steinhauser
Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru
Parker Seal Company v. Cummins
Permoli v. First Municipality of New Orleans
Petit v. Minnesota
Pierce v. Society of Sisters
Pleasant Grove City v. Summum
Ponce v. Roman Catholic Apostolic Church
Poulos v. New Hampshire
Presbyterian Church in the United States v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church
Prince v. Massachusetts
Quick Bear v. Leupp
Ramirez v. Collier
Reed v. Town of Gilbert
Reynolds v. United States
Roemer v. Maryland Public Works Board
Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo
Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
Rusk v. Espinosa
Saia v. New York
Salazar v. Buono
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
Schneider v. State of New Jersey (Town of Irvington)
Schwartz v. Duss
Selective Draft Law Cases (Arver v. United States)
Serbian Orthodox Diocese v. Milivojevich
Shaare Tefila Congregation v. Cobb
Sherbert v. Verner
Shurtleff v. City of Boston
Sicurella v. United States
Simmons v. United States
Sloan v. Lemon
Smith v. Swormstedt
Soon Hing v. Crowley
South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom
Speidel v. Henrici
St. Martin Evangelical Lutheran Church v. South Dakota
Stone v. Graham
Tandon v. Newsom
Tanzin v Tanvir
Taylor v. Mississippi
Terrett v. Taylor
Texas Monthly v. Bullock
The Late Corporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. United States
Thomas v. Review Board, Indiana Employment Security Division
Tilton v. Richardson
Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation v. Secretary of Labor
Torcaso v. Watkins
Town of Greece v. Galloway
Town of Pawlet v. Clark
Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison
Treen v. Karen B.
Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer
Trump v. Hawaii
Tucker v. Texas
Two Guys from Harrison Allentown, Inc. v. McGinley
United States Catholic Conference v. Abortion Rights Mobilization
United States v. American Friends Service Committee
United States v. Ballard
United States v. Bland
United States v. Lee
United States v. Macintosh
United States v. Nugent
United States v. Schwimmer
United States v. Seeger
Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Van Orden v. Perry
Vidal v. Girard’s Executors
Village of Scarsdale v. McCreary
Wallace v. Jaffree
Walz v. Tax Commission
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society v. Village of Stratton
Watson v. Jones
Wayte v. United States
Welsh v. United States
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
Wheeler v. Barrera
Widmar v. Vincent
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind
Wolman v. Walter
Wooley v. Maynard
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District
Zorach v. Clauson
Zubik v. Burwell
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Conscientious Objection (20)
Distribution of Religious Literature (13)
Church Property (12)
Polygamy (12)
Standing (10)
Religious Display (9)
Religious School Subsidization (8)
Licensing (7)
Unemployment Compensation Benefits (6)
Federal Jurisdiction (5)
Religious School Subsidization: Textbooks (5)
Sunday Laws (5)
Title VII (5)
Employment (4)
Equal Access (4)
Naturalization Qualifications (4)
RFRA (4)
Charitable Solicitation Law (3)
Church Property: Internal Church Governance (3)
Employment Discrimination (3)
Flag Salute (3)
Flat License Tax (3)
Ministerial Exception (3)
Prisoner’s Rights (3)
Public Health and Religious Worship (3)
Public University (3)
Religious Group Rights (3)
Sunday Law (3)
Tax Exemption (3)
Title I (3)
Bible Reading in Public School (2)
Construction Grants (2)
Delegation of Civil Power (2)
Education Benefits (2)
Employment Accommodation (2)
Internal Church Governance (2)
Parent/Guardian Rights (2)
Prayer in Public School (2)
Prisoner's Rights (2)
Property Rights (2)
Religious Speech (2)
Remedial Services (2)
Tax Deductions (2)
Tax Exemptions (2)
Abortion and Religion (1)
Antidiscrimination (1)
Building Grants (1)
Censorship (1)
Charitable Bequest (1)
Church Property: Civil Court Relief (1)
Church Staff Hiring (1)
Clergy Disqualified from Public Office (1)
Compelled speech; Public Accommodations (1)
Compulsory Education (1)
Controlled Substances (1)
Creationism in Public School (1)
Discrimination within Student Groups (1)
Driver's License Photograph (1)
Employment Accommadation (1)
Equal Access for Student Groups (1)
Fair Labor Standards Act (1)
Federalism (1)
Fighting Words (1)
First Application of Article VI Test Oath Clause (1)
First Application of Establishment Clause (1)
First Application of Free Exercise Clause (1)
Forum Analysis (1)
Forum Analysis; Private Religious Expression (1)
Free Exercise Clause Incorporated (1)
Free Exercise Standard of Review (1)
Free Speech (1)
Government funding and religious institutions; (1)
Graduation Prayers in Public School (1)
Immigration (1)
Incorporation of Establishment Clause (1)
Incorporation Rights (1)
Indian Trust Disbursement (1)
Internal Church Dispute (1)
Internal Church Governance: Church Property (1)
Labor Law (1)
Legislative Prayer (1)
Loyalty Oath (1)
Mandatory Oath (1)
Mandatory Public Office Oath (1)
Medical Care (1)
Military Regulations (1)
Moment of Silence in Public School (1)
Mootness, IRS Summons (1)
Native American Rights (1)
Overbreadth Doctrine (1)
Pledge of Allegiance (1)
Preliminary Injunction (1)
Public Forum (1)
Public Prayer at City Meeting (1)
Public School (1)
Public School On-Campus Release Time (1)
Release Time from Public Schools (1)
Religious Accommodations in Workplace; Title VII (1)
Religious College (1)
Religious Discrimination (1)
Religious Dress (1)
Religious Exemptions (1)
Religious Fraud (1)
Religious School Attendance (1)
Religious School Curriculum (1)
Religious School Funding (1)
Religious School Regulation (1)
Religious School Scholarships (1)
Religious School Subsidization: shared time programs (1)
Religious School Subsidy (1)
Religious School Subsidy: Interpreter (1)
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Religious Schools and Funding (1)
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Religious Schools and Unemployment Compensation Taxes (1)
Religious Social Agency Subsidization (1)
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Remedies (1)
Revenue Bonds (1)
Ritual Sacrifice of Animals (1)
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School Transportation (1)
Sign Ordinance Restrictions (1)
Social Security Number Requirement (1)
State Aid for Vocational Education at Religious College (1)
State Income Tax Deduction (1)
State Motto (1)
State Scholarship Program (1)
Student Prayer at Public School Football Games (1)
Subsidies for Student Groups (1)
Tax Exempt Status (1)
Taxes (1)
Teaching Evolution in Public Schools (1)
Ten commandments in Public School (1)
Travel Ban (1)
Treaty (1)
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Burger, C.J.
Brennan, J.
Douglas, J.
Black, J.
White, J.
Kennedy, J.
Stevens, J.
Clark, J.
Rehnquist, C.J.
Alito, J.
Reed, J.
Roberts, C.J.
Brewer, J.
McKenna, J.
O'Connor, J.
Powell, J.
Rehnquist, J.
Roberts
Blackmun, J.
Field, J.
Fuller, C.J.
Hughes, C.J.
Jackson, J.
Marshall, J.
McReynolds, J.
O’Connor, J.
Roberts, J.
Stewart, J.
Story, J.
Unsigned
Vinson, C.J.
Warren, C.J.
Affirmed on Appeal
Alito
Blackmun, J. (for the plurality)
Blatchford, J.
Bradley, J.
Burger, C.J. (for the plurality)
Butler, J.
Ginsburg, J.
Gorsuch, J.
Gray, J.
Kennedy
Murphy, J.
Rehnquist, C.J. (Opinion of the Court)
Scalia, J.
Sutherland, J.
Thomas
Thomas, J.
Warren, C.J. (for the plurality)
Black, J. (for the plurality)
Blackmun, J. (for the plurality)
Brandeis, J.
Brennan, J. (for the plurality)
Brennan, J. (Opinion of the Court)
Breyer, J.
Burger, C. J. (for the plurality)
Burger, C.J. (opinion of the Court)
Campbell, J.
Catron, J.
Fortas, J.
Frankfurter, J.
Harlan, J.
Hughes, J.
Kennedy, J. (for the plurality)
Kennedy, J. (opinion of the Court, except as to Part II.A.2)
Matthews, J.
McLean, J.
Miller, J.
Nelson, J.
O’Connor, J. (for the plurality)
Peckham, J.
Per curiam (relying on Justice Douglas’s opinion in Murdock v. Pennsylvania, and Chief Justice Stone’s dissent in Jones v. Opelika (I))
Powell, J. (opinion of the Court)
Rehnquist, C.J. (for the plurality)
Rutledge, J.
Scalia, J. (for the plurality)
Souter, J.
Souter, J. (for the plurality)
Stewart, J. (for the plurality)
Stone, C.J.
Strong, J.
Thomas, J. (for the plurality)
Vacated and remanded
Waite, C.J.
White, C.J.
White, J. (opinion of the court)
Woods, J.
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Lovell v. City of Griffin
Issue:
Distribution of Religious Literature
Year:
1938
Citation:
303 U.S. 444
Cox v. New Hampshire
Issue:
Licensing
Year:
1941
Citation:
312 U.S. 569
Order of St. Benedict v. Steinhauser
Issue:
Church Property
Year:
1914
Citation:
234 U.S. 640
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
Issue:
Flag Salute
Year:
1943
Citation:
319 U.S. 624
Musser v. Utah
Issue:
Polygamy
Year:
1948
Citation:
333 U.S. 95
Doremus v. Board of Education
Issue:
Standing
Year:
1952
Citation:
342 U.S. 429
Zubik v. Burwell
Issue:
Religious Group Rights
;
RFRA
Year:
2016
Citation:
578 US _ (136 S.Ct. 1557)
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
Issue:
Antidiscrimination
Year:
2018
Citation:
584 US ___ (138 S.Ct. 1719)
United States Catholic Conference v. Abortion Rights Mobilization
Issue:
Standing
Year:
1988
Citation:
487 U.S. 72
Lee v. Weisman
Issue:
Graduation Prayers in Public School
Year:
1991
Citation:
505 U.S. 577
Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
Issue:
Public University
;
Equal Access for Student Groups
Year:
1995
Citation:
515 U.S. 819
City of Boerne v. Flores
Issue:
Free Exercise Standard of Review
Year:
1997
Citation:
521 U.S. 507
Board of Regents of University of Wisconsin System v. Southworth
Issue:
Public University
;
Subsidies for Student Groups
Year:
2000
Citation:
529 U.S. 217
Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn
Issue:
Religious School Scholarships
;
Standing
Year:
2011
Citation:
563 U.S. 125
Town of Greece v. Galloway
Issue:
Public Prayer at City Meeting
Year:
2014
Citation:
572 U.S. 565
Salazar v. Buono
Issue:
Religious Display
;
Standing
Year:
2010
Citation:
559 U.S. 700
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah
Issue:
Ritual Sacrifice of Animals
Year:
1993
Citation:
508 U.S. 520
Gillette v. United States
Issue:
Conscientious Objection
Year:
1971
Citation:
401 U.S. 437
Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind
Issue:
State Aid for Vocational Education at Religious College
Year:
1986
Citation:
474 U.S. 481
Hernandez v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Issue:
Tax Deductions
Year:
1989
Citation:
490 U.S. 680
Murphy v. Ramsey
Issue:
Polygamy
Year:
1885
Citation:
114 U.S. 15
Schwartz v. Duss
Issue:
Church Property
Year:
1902
Citation:
187 U.S. 8
Lowrey v. Hawaii (II)
Issue:
Property Rights
Year:
1910
Citation:
215 U.S. 554
Crane v. Johnson
Issue:
Religious Exemptions
Year:
1917
Citation:
242 U.S. 339
Lowrey v. Hawaii (I)
Issue:
Property Rights
Year:
1907
Citation:
206 U.S. 206
Goesele v. Bimeler
Issue:
Church Property
Year:
1852
Citation:
55 U.S. (14 How.) 589
Meyer v. Nebraska
Issue:
Religious School Curriculum
Year:
1923
Citation:
262 U.S. 390; dissent attached to Bartels v. Iowa, 262 U.S. 412
Pierce v. Society of Sisters
Issue:
Religious School Attendance
Year:
1925
Citation:
268 U.S. 510
Farrington v. Tokushige
Issue:
Religious School Regulation
Year:
1927
Citation:
273 U.S. 284
Watson v. Jones
Issue:
Church Property
Year:
1871
Citation:
80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 679
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
Issue:
Fighting Words
Year:
1942
Citation:
315 U.S. 568
Chatwin v. United States
Issue:
Polygamy
Year:
1946
Citation:
326 U.S. 455
Smith v. Swormstedt
Issue:
Church Property: Civil Court Relief
Year:
1853
Citation:
57 U.S. (16 How.) 288
California v. Grace Brethren Church
Issue:
Federal Jurisdiction
;
Unemployment Tax
Year:
1982
Citation:
457 U.S. 393
Airport Commissioners of Los Angeles v. Jews for Jesus
Issue:
Overbreadth Doctrine
Year:
1987
Citation:
482 U.S. 569
Karcher v. May
Issue:
Standing
Year:
1987
Citation:
484 U.S. 72
Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association
Issue:
Native American Rights
Year:
1988
Citation:
485 U.S. 439
Jimmy Swaggart Ministries v. Board of Equalization of California
Issue:
Tax Exemption
Year:
1990
Citation:
493 U.S. 378
Davis v. United States
Issue:
Tax Deductions
Year:
1990
Citation:
495 U.S. 472
Agostini v. Felton
Issue:
Title I
;
Remedial Services
Year:
1997
Citation:
521 U.S. 203
Board of Education of the Westside Community Schools v. Mergens
Issue:
Equal Access
Year:
1990
Citation:
496 U.S. 226
Bradfield v. Roberts
Issue:
Building Grants
;
First Application of Establishment Clause
Year:
1899
Citation:
175 U.S. 291
Coleman v. City of Griffin
Issue:
Federal Jurisdiction
;
Distribution of Religious Literature
Year:
1937
Citation:
302 U.S. 636, letting stand 189 S.E. 427 (Ga. Ct. App. 1936)
Gara v. United States
Issue:
Conscientious Objection
Year:
1950
Citation:
340 U.S. 857, affirming, by an equally divided Court, 178 F.2d 38 (6th Cir. 1949)
Kreshik v. St. Nicholas Cathedral
Issue:
Church Property: Internal Church Governance
Year:
1960
Citation:
363 U.S. 190
Arlan’s Department Store v. Kentucky
Issue:
Federal Jurisdiction
;
Sunday Laws
Year:
1962
Citation:
371 U.S. 218; letting stand 357 S.W.2d 708 (Ky. 1962)
Chamberlain v. Public Instruction Board
Issue:
Bible Reading in Public School
Year:
1964
Citation:
377 U.S. 402
Cooper v. Pate
Issue:
Prisoner’s Rights
Year:
1964
Citation:
378 U.S. 546
Jehovah’s Witnesses v. King County Hospital
Issue:
Medical Care
;
Parent/Guardian Rights
Year:
1968
Citation:
390 U.S. 598; affirming 278 F.Supp. 488 (W.D. Wash)
Maryland and Virginia Churches v. Sharpsburg Church
Issue:
Church Property
Year:
1970
Citation:
396 U.S. 367
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