The Oyez Project: First Amendment Issues - Free Exercise of Religion Decisions

City of Boerne v. Flores - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 25 Jun 1997 12:00:00 -0500

Did Congress exceed its Fourteenth Amendment enforcement powers by enacting the RFRA which, in part, subjected local ordinances to federal regulation?

Employment Division v. Smith - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 27 Apr 1988 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Employment Division v. Smith - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 17 Apr 1990 12:00:00 -0500

Does the state law violate the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment?

Frazee v. Illinois Employment Security Dept. - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 29 Mar 1989 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficiente Uniao Do Vegetal - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 require the government to permit the importation, distribution, possession and use of an otherwise illegal drug by a religious organization when Congress has found that the drug has a high potential for abuse, is unsafe for use even under medical supervision, and violates an international treaty when imported or distributed?

Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n Of Fla. - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 25 Feb 1987 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Lyng v. Northwest Indian CPA - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 19 Apr 1988 12:00:00 -0500

Did the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause prohibit the government from harvesting or developing the Chimney Rock area?

Mcdaniel v. Paty - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 19 Apr 1978 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Parker Seal Co. v. Cummins - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 02 Nov 1976 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Rosenberger v. University of Virginia - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 29 Jun 1995 12:00:00 -0500

Did the University of Virginia violate the First Amendment rights of its Christian magazine staff by denying them the same funding resources that it made available to secular student-run magazines?

Serbian Orthodox Diocese v. Milivojevich - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 21 Jun 1976 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Swaggart Ministries v. California Board of Equalization - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 17 Jan 1990 12:00:00 -0500

Did California's imposition of a sales and use tax on the sale of religious materials violate the Free Exercise or Establishment Clauses of the First Amendment?

Thomas v. Review Bd., Ind. Empl. Sec. Di - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 06 Apr 1981 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York v. Village of Stratton - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 17 Jun 2002 12:00:00 -0500

Does a municipal ordinance that requires a permit prior to engaging in the door-to-door advocacy of a political cause and to display upon demand the permit, which contains one's name, violate the First Amendment protection accorded to anonymous pamphleteering or discourse?