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

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

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

Murphy v. Ramsey

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep114/usrep114015/usrep114015.pdf

Issue: Polygamy

Year: 1885

Citation: 114 U.S. 15

Clawson v. United States

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep114/usrep114477/usrep114477.pdf

Issue: Polygamy

Year: 1885

Citation: 114 U.S. 477

In re Snow

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep120/usrep120274/usrep120274.pdf

Issue: Polygamy

Year: 1887

Citation: 120 U.S. 274

Ex parte Hans Nielsen

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep131/usrep131176/usrep131176.pdf

Issue: Polygamy

Year: 1889

Citation: 131 U.S. 176

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)

Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep143/usrep143457/usrep143457.pdf

Issue: Church Staff Hiring

Year: 1892

Citation: 143 U.S. 457

Catholic Bishop of Nesqually v. Gibbon

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep158/usrep158155/usrep158155.pdf

Issue: Church Property

Year: 1895

Citation: 158 U.S. 155

Bradfield v. Roberts

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep175/usrep175291/usrep175291.pdf

Issue: Building Grants; First Application of Establishment Clause

Year: 1899

Citation: 175 U.S. 291

Quick Bear v. Leupp

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep210/usrep210050/usrep210050.pdf

Issue: Religious School Funding; Indian Trust Disbursement

Year: 1908

Citation: 210 U.S. 50

Selective Draft Law Cases (Arver v. United States)

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep245/usrep245366/usrep245366.pdf

Issue: Conscientious Objection

Year: 1918

Citation: 245 U.S. 366

United States v. Schwimmer

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep279/usrep279644/usrep279644.pdf

Issue: Naturalization Qualifications; Conscientious Objection

Year: 1929

Citation: 279 U.S. 644

United States v. Macintosh

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep283/usrep283605/usrep283605.pdf

Issue: Naturalization Qualifications

Year: 1931

Citation: 283 U.S. 605

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. Ballard

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

Issue: Religious Fraud

Year: 1944

Citation: 322 U.S. 78

Girouard v. United States

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep328/usrep328061/usrep328061.pdf

Issue: Naturalization Qualifications; First Application of Article VI Test Oath Clause

Year: 1946

Citation: 328 U.S. 61

Cleveland v. United States

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep329/usrep329014/usrep329014.pdf

Issue: Polygamy

Year: 1946

Citation: 329 U.S. 14

Eagles v. Samuels

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep329/usrep329304/usrep329304.pdf

Issue: Conscientious Objection

Year: 1946

Citation: 329 U.S. 304

Gara v. United States

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep340/usrep340decisionspercuriam/usrep340decisionspercuriam.pdf

Issue: Conscientious Objection

Year: 1950

Citation: 340 U.S. 857, affirming, by an equally divided Court, 178 F.2d 38 (6th Cir. 1949)

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

United States v. Nugent

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep346/usrep346001/usrep346001.pdf

Issue: Conscientious Objection

Year: 1953

Citation: 346 U.S. 1

Sicurella v. United States

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep348/usrep348385/usrep348385.pdf

Issue: Conscientious Objection

Year: 1955

Citation: 348 U.S. 385

Simmons v. United States

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep348/usrep348397/usrep348397.pdf

Issue: Conscientious Objection

Year: 1955

Citation: 348 U.S. 397

Gonzales v. United States

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep348/usrep348407/usrep348407.pdf

Issue: Conscientious Objection

Year: 1955

Citation: 348 U.S. 407

Cooper v. Pate

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep378/usrep378546/usrep378546.pdf

Issue: Prisoner’s Rights

Year: 1964

Citation: 378 U.S. 546

United States v. Seeger

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep380/usrep380163/usrep380163.pdf

Issue: Conscientious Objection

Year: 1965

Citation: 380 U.S. 163

Flast v. Cohen

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep392/usrep392083/usrep392083.pdf

Issue: Standing

Year: 1968

Citation: 392 U.S. 83

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

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

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

Gillette v. United States

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep401/usrep401437/usrep401437.pdf

Issue: Conscientious Objection

Year: 1971

Citation: 401 U.S. 437

Dewey v. Reynolds Metals Co.

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep402/usrep402689/usrep402689.pdf

Issue: Employment

Year: 1971

Citation: 402 U.S. 689; affirming, by an equally divided Court, 429 F.2d 324 (6th Cir. 1970)

Tilton v. Richardson

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep403/usrep403672/usrep403672.pdf

Issue: Construction Grants

Year: 1971

Citation: 403 U.S. 672; additional opinions attached to Lemon v. Kurtzman (I), 403 U.S. 642, 661 (1971)

Clay v. United States

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep403/usrep403698/usrep403698.pdf

Issue: Conscientious Objection

Year: 1971

Citation: 403 U.S. 698

Johnson v. Robison

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep415/usrep415361/usrep415361.pdf

Issue: Education Benefits; Conscientious Objection

Year: 1974

Citation: 415 U.S. 361

Hernandez v. Veterans’ Administration

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep415/usrep415391/usrep415391.pdf

Issue: Education Benefits; Conscientious Objection

Year: 1974

Citation: 415 U.S. 391

Wheeler v. Barrera

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep417/usrep417402/usrep417402.pdf

Issue: Title I; Religious School Subsidization

Year: 1974

Citation: 417 U.S. 402

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

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)

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

Parker Seal Company v. Cummins

Issue: Title VII; Employment Accommodation

Year: 1977

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

New York v. Cathedral Academy

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep434/usrep434125/usrep434125.pdf

Issue: Religious School Subsidization

Year: 1977

Citation: 434 U.S. 125

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

Harris v. McRae

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep448/usrep448297/usrep448297.pdf

Issue: Abortion and Religion

Year: 1980

Citation: 448 U.S. 297

Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep454/usrep454464/usrep454464.pdf

Issue: Standing

Year: 1982

Citation: 454 U.S. 464

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

California v. Grace Brethren Church

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep457/usrep457393/usrep457393.pdf

Issue: Federal Jurisdiction; Unemployment Tax

Year: 1982

Citation: 457 U.S. 393

Bob Jones University v. United States

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep461/usrep461574/usrep461574.pdf

Issue: Tax Exempt Status

Year: 1983

Citation: 461 U.S. 574

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

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