Browse Cases · Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment 5th Edition

Kreshik v. St. Nicholas Cathedral

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep363/usrep363190/usrep363190.pdf

Issue: Church Property: Internal Church Governance

Year: 1960

Citation: 363 U.S. 190

Kunz v. New York

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep340/usrep340290/usrep340290.pdf

Issue: Licensing

Year: 1951

Citation: 340 U.S. 290; concurrence attached to Niemotko v. Maryland, 340 U.S. 273 (1991)

Largent v. Texas

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep318/usrep318418/usrep318418.pdf

Issue: Licensing

Year: 1943

Citation: 318 U.S. 418

Lee v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep505/usrep505830/usrep505830.pdf

Issue: Distribution of Religious Literature

Year: 1992

Citation: 505 U.S. 830

Locke v. Davey

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep540/usrep540712/usrep540712.pdf

Issue: State Scholarship Program

Year: 2004

Citation: 540 U.S. 712

Lovell v. City of Griffin

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep303/usrep303444/usrep303444.pdf

Issue: Distribution of Religious Literature

Year: 1938

Citation: 303 U.S. 444

Marsh v. Alabama

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep326/usrep326501/usrep326501.pdf

Issue: Distribution of Religious Literature

Year: 1946

Citation: 326 U.S. 501

Martin v. Struthers

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep319/usrep319141/usrep319141.pdf

Issue: Distribution of Religious Literature

Year: 1943

Citation: 319 U.S. 141; additional dissent attached to Douglas v. City of Jeannette, 319 U.S. 166 (1943)

Maryland and Virginia Churches v. Sharpsburg Church

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep396/usrep396367/usrep396367.pdf

Issue: Church Property

Year: 1970

Citation: 396 U.S. 367

Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-111_j4el.pdf

Issue: Antidiscrimination

Year: 2018

Citation: 584 US ___ (138 S.Ct. 1719)

McDaniel v. Paty

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep435/usrep435618/usrep435618.pdf

Issue: Clergy Disqualified from Public Office

Year: 1978

Citation: 435 U.S. 618

Miles v. United States

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep103/usrep103304/usrep103304.pdf

Issue: Polygamy

Year: 1881

Citation: 103 U.S. 304

Morse v. Frederick

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/06pdf/06-278.pdf

Issue: Free Speech; Public School

Year: 2007

Citation: 551 U.S. 393

Mulloy v. United States

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep398/usrep398410/usrep398410.pdf

Issue: Conscientious Objection

Year: 1970

Citation: 398 U.S. 410

Murdock v. Pennsylvania (City of Jeannette)

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep319/usrep319105/usrep319105.pdf

Issue: Distribution of Religious Literature; Flat License Tax

Year: 1943

Citation: 319 U.S. 105; additional dissent attached to Douglas v. City of Jeannette, 319 U.S. 166 (1943)

National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic Bishop of Chicago

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep440/usrep440490/usrep440490.pdf

Issue: Labor Law

Year: 1979

Citation: 440 U.S. 490

Niemotko v. State of Maryland

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep340/usrep340268/usrep340268.pdf

Issue: Licensing

Year: 1951

Citation: 340 U.S. 268

O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep482/usrep482342/usrep482342.pdf

Issue: Prisoner's Rights

Year: 1987

Citation: 482 U.S. 342

Oestereich v. Selective Service System

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep393/usrep393233/usrep393233.pdf

Issue: Conscientious Objection

Year: 1968

Citation: 393 U.S. 233

Parker Seal Company v. Cummins

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep429/usrep429065/usrep429065.pdf

Issue: Title VII; Employment

Year: 1976

Citation: 429 U.S. 65, affirming, by an equally divided Court, 516 F.2d 544 (6th Cir. 1975)

Parker Seal Company v. Cummins

Issue: Title VII; Employment Accommodation

Year: 1977

Citation: 433 U.S. 903, vacating 429 U.S. 65 (1976)

Pierce v. Society of Sisters

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep268/usrep268510/usrep268510.pdf

Issue: Religious School Attendance

Year: 1925

Citation: 268 U.S. 510

Poulos v. New Hampshire

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep345/usrep345395/usrep345395.pdf

Issue: Licensing

Year: 1953

Citation: 345 U.S. 395

Presbyterian Church in the United States v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep393/usrep393440/usrep393440.pdf

Issue: Internal Church Governance: Church Property

Year: 1969

Citation: 393 U.S. 440

Prince v. Massachusetts

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep321/usrep321158/usrep321158.pdf

Issue: Parent/Guardian Rights

Year: 1944

Citation: 321 U.S. 158

Reynolds v. United States

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep098/usrep098145/usrep098145.pdf

Issue: Polygamy; First Application of Free Exercise Clause

Year: 1879

Citation: 98 U.S. 145

Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20a87_4g15.pdf

Issue: Public Health and Religious Worship

Year: 2020

Citation: 592 US ___ (141 S.Ct. 63)

Rusk v. Espinosa

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep456/usrep456orders/usrep456orders.pdf

Issue: Charitable Solicitation Law

Year: 1982

Citation: 456 U.S. 951; affirming 634 F.2d 477 (10th Cir. 1980)

Saia v. New York

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep334/usrep334558/usrep334558.pdf

Issue: Religious Speech

Year: 1948

Citation: 334 U.S. 558

Schneider v. State of New Jersey (Town of Irvington)

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep308/usrep308147/usrep308147.pdf

Issue: Distribution of Religious Literature

Year: 1939

Citation: 308 U.S. 147

Serbian Orthodox Diocese v. Milivojevich

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep426/usrep426696/usrep426696.pdf

Issue: Internal Church Governance

Year: 1976

Citation: 426 U.S. 696

Sherbert v. Verner

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep374/usrep374398/usrep374398.pdf

Issue: Unemployment Compensation Benefits

Year: 1963

Citation: 374 U.S. 398

South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20a136_bq7c.pdf

Issue: Public Health and Religious Worship

Year: 2020

Citation: 592 US ___ (140 S.Ct. 1613)

Tandon v. Newsom

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20a151_4g15.pdf

Issue: Public Health and Religious Worship

Year: 2021

Citation: 593 US ___ (141 S.Ct. 1294)

Tanzin v Tanvir

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/19-71_qol1.pdf

Issue: RFRA; Remedies

Year: 2020

Citation: 592 US ___ (141 S.Ct. 486)

Taylor v. Mississippi

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep319/usrep319583/usrep319583.pdf

Issue: Religious Speech; Flag Salute

Year: 1943

Citation: 319 U.S. 583

The Late Corporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. United States

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep136/usrep136001/usrep136001.pdf

Issue: Polygamy

Year: 1890

Citation: 136 U.S. 1, with decree entered (as modified) at 140 U.S.665 (1891)

Thomas v. Review Board, Indiana Employment Security Division

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep450/usrep450707/usrep450707.pdf

Issue: Unemployment Compensation Benefits

Year: 1981

Citation: 450 U.S. 707

Torcaso v. Watkins

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep367/usrep367488/usrep367488.pdf

Issue: Mandatory Public Office Oath

Year: 1961

Citation: 367 U.S. 488

Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep432/usrep432063/usrep432063.pdf

Issue: Title VII; Employment Accommodation

Year: 1977

Citation: 432 U.S. 63

Tucker v. Texas

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep326/usrep326517/usrep326517.pdf

Issue: Distribution of Religious Literature

Year: 1946

Citation: 326 U.S. 517

United States v. American Friends Service Committee

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep419/usrep419007/usrep419007.pdf

Issue: Conscientious Objection; Taxes

Year: 1974

Citation: 419 U.S. 7

United States v. Ballard

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep322/usrep322078/usrep322078.pdf

Issue: Religious Fraud

Year: 1944

Citation: 322 U.S. 78

United States v. Bland

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep283/usrep283636/usrep283636.pdf

Issue: Naturalization Qualifications

Year: 1931

Citation: 283 U.S. 636

United States v. Lee

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep455/usrep455252/usrep455252.pdf

Issue: Tax Exemption

Year: 1982

Citation: 455 U.S. 252

Watchtower Bible and Tract Society v. Village of Stratton

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep536/usrep536150/usrep536150.pdf

Issue: Licensing

Year: 2002

Citation: 536 U.S. 150

Wayte v. United States

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep470/usrep470598/usrep470598.pdf

Issue: Conscientious Objection

Year: 1985

Citation: 470 U.S. 598

Welsh v. United States

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep398/usrep398333/usrep398333.pdf

Issue: Conscientious Objection

Year: 1970

Citation: 398 U.S. 333

West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep319/usrep319624/usrep319624.pdf

Issue: Flag Salute

Year: 1943

Citation: 319 U.S. 624

Wisconsin v. Yoder

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep406/usrep406205/usrep406205.pdf

Issue: Compulsory Education

Year: 1972

Citation: 406 U.S. 205

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