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Arlan’s Department Store v. Kentucky
Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet
Board of Education v. Allen
Bouldin v. Alexander
Cantwell v. Connecticut
Chamberlain v. Public Instruction Board
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
Clawson v. United States
Cochran v. Louisiana State Board of Education
Cox v. New Hampshire
Cummings v. Missouri
Doremus v. Board of Education
Employment Division, Oregon v. Smith (II)
Employment Division, Oregon v. Smith (I)
Engel v. Vitale
Epperson v. Arkansas
Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
Estate of Thornton v. Caldor
First Unitarian Church v. County of Los Angeles
Follett v. Town of McCormick
Fowler v. Rhode Island
Gibbons v. District of Columbia
Hamilton v. Regents of the University of California
Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness
Hennington v. Georgia
Hunt v. McNair
In re Summers
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
Martin v. Struthers
Maryland and Virginia Churches v. Sharpsburg Church
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
McCollum v. Board of Education
McDaniel v. Paty
McGowan v. Maryland
Meyer v. Nebraska
Miles v. United States
Murdock v. Pennsylvania (City of Jeannette)
Murphy v. Ramsey
Musser v. Utah
New York v. Cathedral Academy
Petit v. Minnesota
Poulos v. New Hampshire
Presbyterian Church in the United States v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church
Reynolds v. United States
Saia v. New York
Schneider v. State of New Jersey (Town of Irvington)
Serbian Orthodox Diocese v. Milivojevich
Sherbert v. Verner
St. Martin Evangelical Lutheran Church v. South Dakota
Stone v. Graham
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
Walz v. Tax Commission
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind
Zorach v. Clauson
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Distribution of Religious Literature (7)
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Conscientious Objection (2)
Flat License Tax (2)
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Religious School Subsidization: Textbooks (2)
Religious Speech (2)
Sunday Law (2)
Sunday Laws (2)
Tax Exemptions (2)
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Bible Reading in Public School (1)
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Jackson, J.
Blatchford, J.
Bradley, J.
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Clark, J.
Field, J.
Fortas, J.
Fuller, C.J.
Gray, J.
Harlan, J.
Kennedy
Marshall, J.
Matthews, J.
McReynolds, J.
Murphy, J.
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Roberts
Scalia, J.
Souter, J. (for the plurality)
Stevens, J.
Stewart, J.
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Warren, C.J.
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Cummings v. Missouri
Issue:
Mandatory Oath
Year:
1866
Citation:
71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 277; dissent attached to Ex parte Garland, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 397
Bouldin v. Alexander
Issue:
Church Property: Internal Church Governance
Year:
1872
Citation:
82 U.S. (15 Wall.) 131
Reynolds v. United States
Issue:
Polygamy
;
First Application of Free Exercise Clause
Year:
1879
Citation:
98 U.S. 145
Miles v. United States
Issue:
Polygamy
Year:
1881
Citation:
103 U.S. 304
Murphy v. Ramsey
Issue:
Polygamy
Year:
1885
Citation:
114 U.S. 15
Clawson v. United States
Issue:
Polygamy
Year:
1885
Citation:
114 U.S. 477
Gibbons v. District of Columbia
Issue:
Tax Exemptions
Year:
1886
Citation:
116 U.S. 404
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)
Hennington v. Georgia
Issue:
Sunday Law
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1896
Citation:
163 U.S. 299
Petit v. Minnesota
Issue:
Sunday Law
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1900
Citation:
177 U.S. 164
Meyer v. Nebraska
Issue:
Religious School Curriculum
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1923
Citation:
262 U.S. 390; dissent attached to Bartels v. Iowa, 262 U.S. 412
Cochran v. Louisiana State Board of Education
Issue:
Religious School Subsidization: Textbooks
Year:
1930
Citation:
281 U.S. 370
Hamilton v. Regents of the University of California
Issue:
Conscientious Objection
Year:
1934
Citation:
293 U.S. 245
Schneider v. State of New Jersey (Town of Irvington)
Issue:
Distribution of Religious Literature
Year:
1939
Citation:
308 U.S. 147
Cantwell v. Connecticut
Issue:
Licensing
;
Free Exercise Clause Incorporated
Year:
1940
Citation:
310 U.S. 296
Cox v. New Hampshire
Issue:
Licensing
Year:
1941
Citation:
312 U.S. 569
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
Issue:
Fighting Words
Year:
1942
Citation:
315 U.S. 568
Jones v. Opelika (I)
Issue:
Distribution of Religious Literature
Year:
1942
Citation:
316 U.S. 584
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
Follett v. Town of McCormick
Issue:
Flat License Tax
;
Distribution of Religious Literature
Year:
1944
Citation:
321 U.S. 573
In re Summers
Issue:
Conscientious Objection
Year:
1945
Citation:
325 U.S. 561
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
Kunz v. New York
Issue:
Licensing
Year:
1951
Citation:
340 U.S. 290; concurrence attached to Niemotko v. Maryland, 340 U.S. 273 (1991)
Doremus v. Board of Education
Issue:
Standing
Year:
1952
Citation:
342 U.S. 429
Zorach v. Clauson
Issue:
Release Time from Public Schools
Year:
1952
Citation:
343 U.S. 306
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
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
McGowan v. Maryland
Issue:
Sunday Laws
Year:
1961
Citation:
366 U.S. 420
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
Arlan’s Department Store v. Kentucky
Issue:
Federal Jurisdiction
;
Sunday Laws
Year:
1962
Citation:
371 U.S. 218; letting stand 357 S.W.2d 708 (Ky. 1962)
Sherbert v. Verner
Issue:
Unemployment Compensation Benefits
Year:
1963
Citation:
374 U.S. 398
Chamberlain v. Public Instruction Board
Issue:
Bible Reading in Public School
Year:
1964
Citation:
377 U.S. 402
Board of Education v. Allen
Issue:
Religious School Subsidization: Textbooks
Year:
1968
Citation:
392 U.S. 236
Epperson v. Arkansas
Issue:
Teaching Evolution in Public Schools
Year:
1968
Citation:
393 U.S. 97
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
Maryland and Virginia Churches v. Sharpsburg Church
Issue:
Church Property
Year:
1970
Citation:
396 U.S. 367
Walz v. Tax Commission
Issue:
Tax Exemptions
Year:
1970
Citation:
397 U.S. 664
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Issue:
Compulsory Education
Year:
1972
Citation:
406 U.S. 205
Hunt v. McNair
Issue:
Revenue Bonds
Year:
1973
Citation:
413 U.S. 734
Serbian Orthodox Diocese v. Milivojevich
Issue:
Internal Church Governance
Year:
1976
Citation:
426 U.S. 696
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