Ukiah Valley Medical Center

32 Cited authorities

City of Boerne v. Flores
521 U.S. 507 (1997) Cited 1,830 times 21 Legal Analyses
Holding that RFRA is unconstitutional in so far as it permits suits against state actors
Employment Div. v. Smith
494 U.S. 872 (1990) Cited 2,318 times 36 Legal Analyses
Holding that the limitation articulated in Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398-i.e., that governmental actions that substantially burden a religious practice must be justified by a compelling governmental interest-does not apply to neutral, generally applicable laws
Wisconsin v. Yoder
406 U.S. 205 (1972) Cited 2,691 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that Wisconsin could not compel school attendance beyond the eighth grade because doing so would "grave[ly] interfere[] with important Amish religious tenets" and "the traditional interest of parents with respect to the religious upbringing of their children"
Thomas v. Review Bd. of the Ind. Emp't Sec. Div.
450 U.S. 707 (1981) Cited 1,711 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that "it is not within the judicial function and judicial competence to inquire whether the petitioner or [another member of his faith] more correctly perceived the commands of their common faith," because "[c]ourts are not arbiters of scriptural interpretation"
Lemon v. Kurtzman
403 U.S. 602 (1971) Cited 2,349 times 23 Legal Analyses
Holding school-aid statute authorizing government inspection of parochial school records created an impermissible "intimate and continuing relationship between church and state" because it required the state "to determine which expenditures are religious and which are secular"
Sherbert v. Verner
374 U.S. 398 (1963) Cited 2,080 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding that governmental regulation that imposes a burden upon religious practice must be narrowly tailored to advance a compelling state interest
Cantwell v. Connecticut
310 U.S. 296 (1940) Cited 2,889 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that the Fourteenth Amendment incorporates the First Amendment’s protections against states
Shelton v. Tucker
364 U.S. 479 (1960) Cited 1,191 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that disclosure of every organization teachers had joined in the previous five years was not rationally related to the State's interest in determining their fitness and competency
Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Catholic Bishop
440 U.S. 490 (1979) Cited 459 times 48 Legal Analyses
Holding that church-operated schools are not subject to NLRB jurisdiction
Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Commission
480 U.S. 136 (1987) Cited 338 times
Holding that "government may (and sometimes must) accommodate religious practices and . . . it may do so without violating the Establishment Clause"

Ukiah Valley Medical Center

32 Cited authorities

Holding that RFRA is unconstitutional in so far as it permits suits against state actors

Holding that the limitation articulated in Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398-i.e., that governmental actions that substantially burden a religious practice must be justified by a compelling governmental interest-does not apply to neutral, generally applicable laws

Holding that Wisconsin could not compel school attendance beyond the eighth grade because doing so would "grave[ly] interfere[] with important Amish religious tenets" and "the traditional interest of parents with respect to the religious upbringing of their children"

Holding that "it is not within the judicial function and judicial competence to inquire whether the petitioner or [another member of his faith] more correctly perceived the commands of their common faith," because "[c]ourts are not arbiters of scriptural interpretation"

Holding school-aid statute authorizing government inspection of parochial school records created an impermissible "intimate and continuing relationship between church and state" because it required the state "to determine which expenditures are religious and which are secular"

Holding that governmental regulation that imposes a burden upon religious practice must be narrowly tailored to advance a compelling state interest

Holding that the Fourteenth Amendment incorporates the First Amendment’s protections against states

Holding that disclosure of every organization teachers had joined in the previous five years was not rationally related to the State's interest in determining their fitness and competency

Holding that church-operated schools are not subject to NLRB jurisdiction

Holding that "government may (and sometimes must) accommodate religious practices and . . . it may do so without violating the Establishment Clause"