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Agostini v. Felton
American Legion v. American Humanist Association
Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn
Baker v. Nachtrieb
Bassett v. United States
Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet
Board of Regents of University of Wisconsin System v. Southworth
Bowen v. Kendrick
Bowen v. Roy
California v. Grace Brethren Church
Cantwell v. Connecticut
Chamberlain v. Public Instruction Board
Chatwin 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
Clay v. United States
Cooper v. Pate
Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints v. Amos
Cruz v. Beto
Cummings v. Missouri
Cutter v. Wilkinson
Eagles v. Samuels
EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.
Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow
Employment Division, Oregon v. Smith (II)
Engel v. Vitale
Epperson v. Arkansas
Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
Ex parte Hans Nielsen
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
Girouard v. United States
Gonzales v. United States
Good News Club v. Milford Central School
Harris v. McRae
Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness
Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation
Hernandez v. Veterans’ Administration
Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Commission of Florida
Holt v. Hobbs
Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC
In re Snow
Jamison v. Texas
Jensen v. Quaring
Johnson v. Robison
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
Lamb’s Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District
Largent v. Texas
Lemon v. Kurtzman (I)
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
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
McCollum v. Board of Education
McDaniel v. Paty
Miles v. United States
Minersville School Board v. Gobitis
Mitchell v. Helms
Morse v. Frederick
Mulloy v. United States
Murdock v. Pennsylvania (City of Jeannette)
Musser v. Utah
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
Pleasant Grove City v. Summum
Poulos v. New Hampshire
Presbyterian Church in the United States v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church
Reed v. Town of Gilbert
Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo
Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
Saia v. New York
Salazar v. Buono
Schneider v. State of New Jersey (Town of Irvington)
Serbian Orthodox Diocese v. Milivojevich
Shaare Tefila Congregation v. Cobb
Sherbert v. Verner
Sicurella v. United States
Simmons v. United States
Smith v. Swormstedt
South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom
St. Martin Evangelical Lutheran Church v. South Dakota
Stone v. Graham
Tandon v. Newsom
Taylor v. Mississippi
Terrett v. Taylor
Texas Monthly v. Bullock
Thomas v. Review Board, Indiana Employment Security Division
Tilton v. Richardson
Torcaso v. Watkins
Town of Greece v. Galloway
Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison
Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer
Trump v. Hawaii
Tucker v. Texas
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. Nugent
United States v. Schwimmer
United States v. Seeger
Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society v. Village of Stratton
Welsh v. United States
Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind
Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District
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Ministerial Exception (3)
Naturalization Qualifications (3)
Prisoner’s Rights (3)
Public Health and Religious Worship (3)
Church Property: Internal Church Governance (2)
Education Benefits (2)
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Employment Discrimination (2)
Equal Access (2)
Federal Jurisdiction (2)
Flag Salute (2)
Flat License Tax (2)
Internal Church Governance (2)
Prisoner's Rights (2)
Property Rights (2)
Public University (2)
Religious Group Rights (2)
Religious School Subsidization: Textbooks (2)
Religious Speech (2)
RFRA (2)
Tax Exemption (2)
Title VII (2)
Abortion and Religion (1)
Antidiscrimination (1)
Bible Reading in Public School (1)
Censorship (1)
Charitable Solicitation Law (1)
Church Property: Civil Court Relief (1)
Church Staff Hiring (1)
Clergy Disqualified from Public Office (1)
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Delegation of Civil Power (1)
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Religious School Subsidy (1)
Religious School Subsidy: Interpreter (1)
Religious Schools and Funding (1)
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Remedial Services (1)
Ritual Sacrifice of Animals (1)
RLUIPA (1)
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Teaching Evolution in Public Schools (1)
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Per curiam
Douglas, J.
Black, J.
Brennan, J.
Burger, C.J.
Kennedy, J.
Clark, J.
White, J.
Rehnquist, C.J.
Roberts
Alito, J.
Reed, J.
Roberts, J.
Stewart, J.
Unsigned
Vinson, C.J.
Alito
Blackmun, J.
Brewer, J.
McKenna, J.
O'Connor, J.
Rehnquist, J.
Roberts, C.J.
Scalia, J.
Stevens, J.
Thomas, J.
Black, J. (for the plurality)
Blatchford, J.
Bradley, J.
Brennan, J. (for the plurality)
Burger, C. J. (for the plurality)
Burger, C.J. (for the Plurality)
Butler, J.
Campbell, J.
Field, J.
Fortas, J.
Frankfurter, J.
Ginsburg, J.
Hughes, C.J.
Hughes, J.
Jackson, J.
Kennedy
Kennedy, J. (for the plurality)
Kennedy, J. (opinion of the Court, except as to Part II.A.2)
Marshall, J.
Murphy, J.
Nelson, 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))
Souter, J. (for the plurality)
Story, J.
Sutherland, J.
Thomas
Thomas, J. (for the plurality)
Vacated and remanded
Warren, C.J.
Warren, C.J. (for the plurality)
White, J. (opinion of the court)
Woods, J.
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Terrett v. Taylor
Issue:
Church Property
Year:
1815
Citation:
13 U.S. (9 Cranch) 43
Smith v. Swormstedt
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Church Property: Civil Court Relief
Year:
1853
Citation:
57 U.S. (16 How.) 288
Baker v. Nachtrieb
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Church Property
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1856
Citation:
60 U.S. (19 How) 126
Cummings v. Missouri
Issue:
Mandatory Oath
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1866
Citation:
71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 277; dissent attached to Ex parte Garland, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 397
Miles v. United States
Issue:
Polygamy
Year:
1881
Citation:
103 U.S. 304
In re Snow
Issue:
Polygamy
Year:
1887
Citation:
120 U.S. 274
Ex parte Hans Nielsen
Issue:
Polygamy
Year:
1889
Citation:
131 U.S. 176
Bassett v. United States
Issue:
Polygamy
Year:
1890
Citation:
137 U.S. 496
Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States
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Church Staff Hiring
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1892
Citation:
143 U.S. 457
Lowrey v. Hawaii (I)
Issue:
Property Rights
Year:
1907
Citation:
206 U.S. 206
Lowrey v. Hawaii (II)
Issue:
Property Rights
Year:
1910
Citation:
215 U.S. 554
Order of St. Benedict v. Steinhauser
Issue:
Church Property
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1914
Citation:
234 U.S. 640
United States v. Schwimmer
Issue:
Naturalization Qualifications
;
Conscientious Objection
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1929
Citation:
279 U.S. 644
United States v. Bland
Issue:
Naturalization Qualifications
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1931
Citation:
283 U.S. 636
Lovell v. City of Griffin
Issue:
Distribution of Religious Literature
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1938
Citation:
303 U.S. 444
Schneider v. State of New Jersey (Town of Irvington)
Issue:
Distribution of Religious Literature
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1939
Citation:
308 U.S. 147
Cantwell v. Connecticut
Issue:
Licensing
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Free Exercise Clause Incorporated
Year:
1940
Citation:
310 U.S. 296
Minersville School Board v. Gobitis
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Flag Salute
Year:
1940
Citation:
310 U.S. 586
Largent v. Texas
Issue:
Licensing
Year:
1943
Citation:
318 U.S. 418
Jones v. Opelika (II)
Issue:
Distribution of Religious Literature
Year:
1943
Citation:
319 U.S. 103; dissents attached to Murdock v. Pennsylvania (City of Jeannette), 319 U.S. 117, and Douglas v. City of Jeannette, 319 U.S. 166
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)
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)
Taylor v. Mississippi
Issue:
Religious Speech
;
Flag Salute
Year:
1943
Citation:
319 U.S. 583
Jamison v. Texas
Issue:
Distribution of Religious Literature
Year:
1943
Citation:
318 U.S. 413
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
Chatwin v. United States
Issue:
Polygamy
Year:
1946
Citation:
326 U.S. 455
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
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
Musser v. Utah
Issue:
Polygamy
Year:
1948
Citation:
333 U.S. 95
McCollum v. Board of Education
Issue:
Public School On-Campus Release Time
Year:
1948
Citation:
333 U.S. 203
Saia v. New York
Issue:
Religious Speech
Year:
1948
Citation:
334 U.S. 558
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)
Niemotko v. State of Maryland
Issue:
Licensing
Year:
1951
Citation:
340 U.S. 268
Kunz v. New York
Issue:
Licensing
Year:
1951
Citation:
340 U.S. 290; concurrence attached to Niemotko v. Maryland, 340 U.S. 273 (1991)
Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson
Issue:
Censorship
Year:
1952
Citation:
343 U.S. 495
Kedroff v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral
Issue:
Church Property
;
Internal Church Governance
Year:
1952
Citation:
344 U.S. 94
Fowler v. Rhode Island
Issue:
Public Forum
Year:
1953
Citation:
345 U.S. 67
Poulos v. New Hampshire
Issue:
Licensing
Year:
1953
Citation:
345 U.S. 395
United States v. Nugent
Issue:
Conscientious Objection
Year:
1953
Citation:
346 U.S. 1
Sicurella v. United States
Issue:
Conscientious Objection
Year:
1955
Citation:
348 U.S. 385
Simmons v. United States
Issue:
Conscientious Objection
Year:
1955
Citation:
348 U.S. 397
Gonzales v. United States
Issue:
Conscientious Objection
Year:
1955
Citation:
348 U.S. 407
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)
Kreshik v. St. Nicholas Cathedral
Issue:
Church Property: Internal Church Governance
Year:
1960
Citation:
363 U.S. 190
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
Torcaso v. Watkins
Issue:
Mandatory Public Office Oath
Year:
1961
Citation:
367 U.S. 488
Engel v. Vitale
Issue:
Prayer in Public School
Year:
1962
Citation:
370 U.S. 421
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