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

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

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Issue: Polygamy

Year: 1890

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

Cummings v. Missouri

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep071/usrep071277/usrep071277.pdf

Issue: Mandatory Oath

Year: 1866

Citation: 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 277; dissent attached to Ex parte Garland, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 397

Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/18-1195_g314.pdf

Issue: Religious Schools and Funding

Year: 2020

Citation: 591 US ___ (140 S.Ct. 2246)

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)

Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep512/usrep512687/usrep512687.pdf

Issue: Delegation of Civil Power

Year: 1994

Citation: 512 U.S. 687

Employment Division, Oregon v. Smith (II)

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep494/usrep494872/usrep494872.pdf

Issue: Unemployment Compensation Benefits

Year: 1990

Citation: 494 U.S. 872

Employment Division, Oregon v. Smith (I)

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Issue: Unemployment Compensation Benefits

Year: 1988

Citation: 485 U.S. 660

Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep474/usrep474481/usrep474481.pdf

Issue: State Aid for Vocational Education at Religious College

Year: 1986

Citation: 474 U.S. 481

Estate of Thornton v. Caldor

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep472/usrep472703/usrep472703.pdf

Issue: Sabbath Laws

Year: 1985

Citation: 472 U.S. 703

Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep452/usrep452640/usrep452640.pdf

Issue: Distribution of Religious Literature; Charitable Solicitation Law

Year: 1981

Citation: 452 U.S. 640

St. Martin Evangelical Lutheran Church v. South Dakota

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Issue: Religious Schools and Unemployment Compensation Taxes

Year: 1981

Citation: 451 U.S. 772

Thomas v. Review Board, Indiana Employment Security Division

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Issue: Unemployment Compensation Benefits

Year: 1981

Citation: 450 U.S. 707

Stone v. Graham

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Issue: Ten commandments in Public School

Year: 1980

Citation: 449 U.S. 39

Jones v. Wolf

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep443/usrep443595/usrep443595.pdf

Issue: Church Property: Internal Church Governance

Year: 1979

Citation: 443 U.S. 595

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

New York v. Cathedral Academy

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Issue: Religious School Subsidization

Year: 1977

Citation: 434 U.S. 125

Serbian Orthodox Diocese v. Milivojevich

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Issue: Internal Church Governance

Year: 1976

Citation: 426 U.S. 696

Hunt v. McNair

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Issue: Revenue Bonds

Year: 1973

Citation: 413 U.S. 734

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

Walz v. Tax Commission

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Issue: Tax Exemptions

Year: 1970

Citation: 397 U.S. 664

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

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

Epperson v. Arkansas

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Issue: Teaching Evolution in Public Schools

Year: 1968

Citation: 393 U.S. 97

Board of Education v. Allen

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep392/usrep392236/usrep392236.pdf

Issue: Religious School Subsidization: Textbooks

Year: 1968

Citation: 392 U.S. 236

Chamberlain v. Public Instruction Board

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Issue: Bible Reading in Public School

Year: 1964

Citation: 377 U.S. 402

Sherbert v. Verner

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Issue: Unemployment Compensation Benefits

Year: 1963

Citation: 374 U.S. 398

Arlan’s Department Store v. Kentucky

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Issue: Federal Jurisdiction; Sunday Laws

Year: 1962

Citation: 371 U.S. 218; letting stand 357 S.W.2d 708 (Ky. 1962)

Engel v. Vitale

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Issue: Prayer in Public School

Year: 1962

Citation: 370 U.S. 421

Torcaso v. Watkins

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Issue: Mandatory Public Office Oath

Year: 1961

Citation: 367 U.S. 488

McGowan v. Maryland

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep366/usrep366420/usrep366420.pdf

Issue: Sunday Laws

Year: 1961

Citation: 366 U.S. 420

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

First Unitarian Church v. County of Los Angeles

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Issue: Loyalty Oath

Year: 1958

Citation: 357 U.S. 545; concurrence and dissent attached to Speiser v. Randall, 357 U.S. 513, 538 (1958)

Poulos v. New Hampshire

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Issue: Licensing

Year: 1953

Citation: 345 U.S. 395

Fowler v. Rhode Island

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Issue: Public Forum

Year: 1953

Citation: 345 U.S. 67

Kedroff v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral

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Issue: Church Property; Internal Church Governance

Year: 1952

Citation: 344 U.S. 94

Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson

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Issue: Censorship

Year: 1952

Citation: 343 U.S. 495

Zorach v. Clauson

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Issue: Release Time from Public Schools

Year: 1952

Citation: 343 U.S. 306

Doremus v. Board of Education

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Issue: Standing

Year: 1952

Citation: 342 U.S. 429

Kunz v. New York

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Issue: Licensing

Year: 1951

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

Saia v. New York

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Issue: Religious Speech

Year: 1948

Citation: 334 U.S. 558

McCollum v. Board of Education

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Issue: Public School On-Campus Release Time

Year: 1948

Citation: 333 U.S. 203

Musser v. Utah

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Issue: Polygamy

Year: 1948

Citation: 333 U.S. 95

In re Summers

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Issue: Conscientious Objection

Year: 1945

Citation: 325 U.S. 561

Follett v. Town of McCormick

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Issue: Flat License Tax; Distribution of Religious Literature

Year: 1944

Citation: 321 U.S. 573

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

Martin v. Struthers

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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)

Murdock v. Pennsylvania (City of Jeannette)

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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)

Jones v. Opelika (II)

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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

Jones v. Opelika (I)

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Issue: Distribution of Religious Literature

Year: 1942

Citation: 316 U.S. 584

Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire

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Issue: Fighting Words

Year: 1942

Citation: 315 U.S. 568

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