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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)
Religious School Subsidy: Voucher (1)
Religious Schools and Funding (1)
Religious Schools and Funding; Religious Discrimination (1)
Religious Schools and Unemployment Compensation Taxes (1)
Religious Social Agency Subsidization (1)
Religious Solicitation (1)
Religous Group Rights, RFRA (1)
Remedies (1)
Revenue Bonds (1)
Ritual Sacrifice of Animals (1)
RLUIPA (1)
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Sabbath Laws (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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Per curiam
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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Miles v. United States
Issue:
Polygamy
Year:
1881
Citation:
103 U.S. 304
Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness
Issue:
Distribution of Religious Literature
;
Charitable Solicitation Law
Year:
1981
Citation:
452 U.S. 640
Lamb’s Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District
Issue:
Equal Access
Year:
1993
Citation:
508 U.S. 384
Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security
Issue:
Unemployment Compensation Benefits
Year:
1989
Citation:
489 U.S. 829
Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints v. Amos
Issue:
Employment Discrimination
;
Ministerial Exception
Year:
1987
Citation:
483 U.S. 327
Shaare Tefila Congregation v. Cobb
Issue:
Religious Discrimination
Year:
1987
Citation:
481 U.S. 615
Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation v. Secretary of Labor
Issue:
Fair Labor Standards Act
Year:
1985
Citation:
471 U.S. 290
Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Regan
Issue:
Religious School Subsidization
Year:
1980
Citation:
444 U.S. 646
Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison
Issue:
Title VII
;
Employment Accommodation
Year:
1977
Citation:
432 U.S. 63
Board of Education v. Allen
Issue:
Religious School Subsidization: Textbooks
Year:
1968
Citation:
392 U.S. 236
Selective Draft Law Cases (Arver v. United States)
Issue:
Conscientious Objection
Year:
1918
Citation:
245 U.S. 366
Gallagher v. Crown Kosher Super Market of Massachusetts
Issue:
Sunday Laws
Year:
1961
Citation:
366 U.S. 617; other opinions attached to McGowan v. Maryland, 366 U.S. 459, 561, and to Braunfeld v. Brown, 366 U.S. 610, 616
Braunfeld v. Brown
Issue:
Sunday Laws
Year:
1961
Citation:
366 U.S. 599; other opinions attached to McGowan v. Maryland, 366 U.S. 459, 561 (1961)
Flast v. Cohen
Issue:
Standing
Year:
1968
Citation:
392 U.S. 83
Two Guys from Harrison Allentown, Inc. v. McGinley
Issue:
Sunday Laws
Year:
1961
Citation:
366 U.S. 582; concurrence and dissent attached to McGowan v. Maryland, 366 U.S. 459, 561 (1961)
McGowan v. Maryland
Issue:
Sunday Laws
Year:
1961
Citation:
366 U.S. 420
Reynolds v. United States
Issue:
Polygamy
;
First Application of Free Exercise Clause
Year:
1879
Citation:
98 U.S. 145
United States v. Nugent
Issue:
Conscientious Objection
Year:
1953
Citation:
346 U.S. 1
Kunz v. New York
Issue:
Licensing
Year:
1951
Citation:
340 U.S. 290; concurrence attached to Niemotko v. Maryland, 340 U.S. 273 (1991)
Niemotko v. State of Maryland
Issue:
Licensing
Year:
1951
Citation:
340 U.S. 268
Parker Seal Company v. Cummins
Issue:
Title VII
;
Employment Accommodation
Year:
1977
Citation:
433 U.S. 903, vacating 429 U.S. 65 (1976)
Tandon v. Newsom
Issue:
Public Health and Religious Worship
Year:
2021
Citation:
593 US ___ (141 S.Ct. 1294)
Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo
Issue:
Public Health and Religious Worship
Year:
2020
Citation:
592 US ___ (141 S.Ct. 63)
South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom
Issue:
Public Health and Religious Worship
Year:
2020
Citation:
592 US ___ (140 S.Ct. 1613)
Mitchell v. Helms
Issue:
Religious School Subsidy
Year:
2000
Citation:
530 U.S. 793
Reed v. Town of Gilbert
Issue:
Sign Ordinance Restrictions
Year:
2015
Citation:
576 U.S. 155 (Preliminary Print) (135 S. Ct. 2218)
Good News Club v. Milford Central School
Issue:
Equal Access
Year:
2001
Citation:
533 U.S. 98
Tanzin v Tanvir
Issue:
RFRA
;
Remedies
Year:
2020
Citation:
592 US ___ (141 S.Ct. 486)
Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul, Home v. Pennsylvania
Issue:
Religious Group Rights
;
RFRA
Year:
2020
Citation:
591 US ___ (140 S.Ct. 2367)
United States v. Bland
Issue:
Naturalization Qualifications
Year:
1931
Citation:
283 U.S. 636
United States v. Macintosh
Issue:
Naturalization Qualifications
Year:
1931
Citation:
283 U.S. 605
Bouldin v. Alexander
Issue:
Church Property: Internal Church Governance
Year:
1872
Citation:
82 U.S. (15 Wall.) 131
Vidal v. Girard’s Executors
Issue:
Charitable Bequest
Year:
1844
Citation:
43 U.S. (2 How.) 127
Town of Pawlet v. Clark
Issue:
Church Property
Year:
1815
Citation:
13 U.S. (9 Cranch) 292
Terrett v. Taylor
Issue:
Church Property
Year:
1815
Citation:
13 U.S. (9 Cranch) 43
Douglas v. City of Jeannette
Issue:
Federal Jurisdiction
;
Flat License Tax
Year:
1943
Citation:
319 U.S. 157
Meek v. Pittenger
Issue:
Religious School Subsidization: Textbooks
Year:
1975
Citation:
421 U.S. 349, overruled by Mitchell v. Helms, 530 U.S. 793 (2000)
Harris v. McRae
Issue:
Abortion and Religion
Year:
1980
Citation:
448 U.S. 297
New York v. Cathedral Academy
Issue:
Religious School Subsidization
Year:
1977
Citation:
434 U.S. 125
Mulloy v. United States
Issue:
Conscientious Objection
Year:
1970
Citation:
398 U.S. 410
Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow
Issue:
Pledge of Allegiance
;
Standing
Year:
2004
Citation:
542 U.S. 1
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society v. Village of Stratton
Issue:
Licensing
Year:
2002
Citation:
536 U.S. 150
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
Issue:
Student Prayer at Public School Football Games
Year:
2000
Citation:
530 U.S. 290
Church of Scientology of California v. United States
Issue:
Mootness, IRS Summons
Year:
1992
Citation:
506 U.S. 9
Employment Division, Oregon v. Smith (I)
Issue:
Unemployment Compensation Benefits
Year:
1988
Citation:
485 U.S. 660
Bender v. Williamsport Area School District
Issue:
Standing
Year:
1986
Citation:
475 U.S. 534
Wallace v. Jaffree
Issue:
Moment of Silence in Public School
Year:
1985
Citation:
472 U.S. 38
Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet
Issue:
Delegation of Civil Power
Year:
1994
Citation:
512 U.S. 687
McCreary County v. ACLU
Issue:
Religious Display
Year:
2005
Citation:
545 U.S. 844
Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board v. Pinette
Issue:
Religious Display
Year:
1995
Citation:
515 U.S. 753
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