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Airport Commissioners of Los Angeles v. Jews for Jesus
Ansonia Board of Education v. Philbrook
Bowen v. Roy
Braunfeld v. Brown
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
Cantwell v. Connecticut
Carson v. Makin
Christian Legal Society v. Martinez
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah
City of Boerne v. Flores
Clawson v. United States
Clay v. United States
Cooper v. Pate
Cox v. New Hampshire
Cruz v. Beto
Davis v. Beason
Dewey v. Reynolds Metals Co.
Douglas v. City of Jeannette
Eagles v. Samuels
EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.
Employment Division, Oregon v. Smith (II)
Employment Division, Oregon v. Smith (I)
Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
First Unitarian Church v. County of Los Angeles
Follett v. Town of McCormick
Fowler v. Rhode Island
Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
Gara v. United States
Gillette v. United States
Girouard v. United States
Goldman v. Weinberger
Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao Do Vegetal
Harris v. McRae
Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness
Hernandez v. Veterans’ Administration
Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Commission of Florida
Holt v. Hobbs
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
Kedroff v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral
Kreshik v. St. Nicholas Cathedral
Kunz v. New York
Largent v. Texas
Lee v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness
Locke v. Davey
Lovell v. City of Griffin
Marsh v. Alabama
Martin v. Struthers
Maryland and Virginia Churches v. Sharpsburg Church
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
McDaniel v. Paty
Miles v. United States
Morse v. Frederick
Mulloy v. United States
Murdock v. Pennsylvania (City of Jeannette)
National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic Bishop of Chicago
Niemotko v. State of Maryland
O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz
Oestereich v. Selective Service System
Parker Seal Company v. Cummins
Pierce v. Society of Sisters
Poulos v. New Hampshire
Presbyterian Church in the United States v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church
Prince v. Massachusetts
Reynolds v. United States
Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo
Rusk v. Espinosa
Saia v. New York
Schneider v. State of New Jersey (Town of Irvington)
Serbian Orthodox Diocese v. Milivojevich
Sherbert v. Verner
South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom
Tandon v. Newsom
Tanzin v Tanvir
Taylor v. Mississippi
The Late Corporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. United States
Thomas v. Review Board, Indiana Employment Security Division
Torcaso v. Watkins
Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison
Tucker v. Texas
United States v. American Friends Service Committee
United States v. Ballard
United States v. Bland
United States v. Lee
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society v. Village of Stratton
Wayte v. United States
Welsh v. United States
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Wooley v. Maynard
Zubik v. Burwell
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RFRA (3)
Charitable Solicitation Law (2)
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First Application of Article VI Test Oath Clause (1)
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Forum Analysis (1)
Free Exercise Clause Incorporated (1)
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Douglas, J.
Brennan, J.
Black, J.
Reed, J.
Burger, C.J.
Roberts, C.J.
Roberts, J.
Unsigned
Alito, J.
Hughes, C.J.
Kennedy
Rehnquist, C.J.
Rehnquist, C.J. (Opinion of the Court)
Roberts
Scalia, J.
Stevens, J.
Stewart, J.
Vinson, C.J.
White, J.
Affirmed on Appeal
Black, J. (for the plurality)
Blackmun, J.
Blatchford, J.
Bradley, J.
Burger, C. J. (for the plurality)
Burger, C.J. (for the Plurality)
Burger, C.J. (opinion of the Court)
Clark, J.
Field, J.
Ginsburg, J.
Jackson, J.
Kennedy, J.
Kennedy, J. (opinion of the Court, except as to Part II.A.2)
Marshall, J.
McReynolds, J.
O'Connor, J.
O’Connor, 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.
Rehnquist, J.
Rutledge, J.
Stone, C.J.
Sutherland, J.
Thomas
Vacated and remanded
Waite, C.J.
Warren, C.J. (for the plurality)
White, J. (opinion of the court)
Woods, J.
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Rusk v. Espinosa
Issue:
Charitable Solicitation Law
Year:
1982
Citation:
456 U.S. 951; affirming 634 F.2d 477 (10th Cir. 1980)
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
Issue:
Religous Group Rights, RFRA
Year:
2014
Citation:
573 U.S. 682
Holt v. Hobbs
Issue:
Prisoner's Rights
;
RLUIPA
Year:
2015
Citation:
574 U.S. 352
Martin v. Struthers
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)
Marsh v. Alabama
Issue:
Distribution of Religious Literature
Year:
1946
Citation:
326 U.S. 501
Tucker v. Texas
Issue:
Distribution of Religious Literature
Year:
1946
Citation:
326 U.S. 517
Torcaso v. Watkins
Issue:
Mandatory Public Office Oath
Year:
1961
Citation:
367 U.S. 488
Jamison v. Texas
Issue:
Distribution of Religious Literature
Year:
1943
Citation:
318 U.S. 413
Welsh v. United States
Issue:
Conscientious Objection
Year:
1970
Citation:
398 U.S. 333
Jones v. Wolf
Issue:
Church Property: Internal Church Governance
Year:
1979
Citation:
443 U.S. 595
Clawson v. United States
Issue:
Polygamy
Year:
1885
Citation:
114 U.S. 477
The Late Corporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. United States
Issue:
Polygamy
Year:
1890
Citation:
136 U.S. 1, with decree entered (as modified) at 140 U.S.665 (1891)
First Unitarian Church v. County of Los Angeles
Issue:
Loyalty Oath
Year:
1958
Citation:
357 U.S. 545; concurrence and dissent attached to Speiser v. Randall, 357 U.S. 513, 538 (1958)
Sherbert v. Verner
Issue:
Unemployment Compensation Benefits
Year:
1963
Citation:
374 U.S. 398
Presbyterian Church in the United States v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church
Issue:
Internal Church Governance: Church Property
Year:
1969
Citation:
393 U.S. 440
Johnson v. Robison
Issue:
Education Benefits
;
Conscientious Objection
Year:
1974
Citation:
415 U.S. 361
Hernandez v. Veterans’ Administration
Issue:
Education Benefits
;
Conscientious Objection
Year:
1974
Citation:
415 U.S. 391
Serbian Orthodox Diocese v. Milivojevich
Issue:
Internal Church Governance
Year:
1976
Citation:
426 U.S. 696
Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Commission of Florida
Issue:
Unemployment Compensation Benefits
Year:
1987
Citation:
480 U.S. 136
McDaniel v. Paty
Issue:
Clergy Disqualified from Public Office
Year:
1978
Citation:
435 U.S. 618
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Issue:
Compulsory Education
Year:
1972
Citation:
406 U.S. 205
National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic Bishop of Chicago
Issue:
Labor Law
Year:
1979
Citation:
440 U.S. 490
Thomas v. Review Board, Indiana Employment Security Division
Issue:
Unemployment Compensation Benefits
Year:
1981
Citation:
450 U.S. 707
United States v. Lee
Issue:
Tax Exemption
Year:
1982
Citation:
455 U.S. 252
Bowen v. Roy
Issue:
Social Security Number Requirement
Year:
1986
Citation:
476 U.S. 693
Wooley v. Maynard
Issue:
State Motto
Year:
1977
Citation:
430 U.S. 705
Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson
Issue:
Censorship
Year:
1952
Citation:
343 U.S. 495
Murdock v. Pennsylvania (City of Jeannette)
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)
Follett v. Town of McCormick
Issue:
Flat License Tax
;
Distribution of Religious Literature
Year:
1944
Citation:
321 U.S. 573
United States v. Ballard
Issue:
Religious Fraud
Year:
1944
Citation:
322 U.S. 78
Girouard v. United States
Issue:
Naturalization Qualifications
;
First Application of Article VI Test Oath Clause
Year:
1946
Citation:
328 U.S. 61
Eagles v. Samuels
Issue:
Conscientious Objection
Year:
1946
Citation:
329 U.S. 304
Saia v. New York
Issue:
Religious Speech
Year:
1948
Citation:
334 U.S. 558
Fowler v. Rhode Island
Issue:
Public Forum
Year:
1953
Citation:
345 U.S. 67
Oestereich v. Selective Service System
Issue:
Conscientious Objection
Year:
1968
Citation:
393 U.S. 233
Davis v. Beason
Issue:
Polygamy
Year:
1890
Citation:
133 U.S. 333
Christian Legal Society v. Martinez
Issue:
Public University
;
Discrimination within Student Groups
Year:
2010
Citation:
561 U.S. 661
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
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
Issue:
Flag Salute
Year:
1943
Citation:
319 U.S. 624
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)
City of Boerne v. Flores
Issue:
Free Exercise Standard of Review
Year:
1997
Citation:
521 U.S. 507
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
Pierce v. Society of Sisters
Issue:
Religious School Attendance
Year:
1925
Citation:
268 U.S. 510
Airport Commissioners of Los Angeles v. Jews for Jesus
Issue:
Overbreadth Doctrine
Year:
1987
Citation:
482 U.S. 569
Jimmy Swaggart Ministries v. Board of Equalization of California
Issue:
Tax Exemption
Year:
1990
Citation:
493 U.S. 378
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
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