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Following is the case brief for Abington Tp. v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963) Case Summary of Abington Tp. v. Schempp: This case involves two companion cases, one from Pennsylvania and the other from Maryland. Both Pennsylvania and Maryland passed laws requiring readings from the Holy Bible in public school at the opening of school each day. The Maryland law […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Cantwell v. Connecticut, 310 U.S. 296 (1940) Case Summary of Cantwell v. Connecticut: A man and his two sons, who were all Jehovah’s Witnesses, were going door to door in a predominantly Catholic neighborhood, asking people to hear recordings about their religion. Their preaching offended some listeners. The State charged, and ultimately convicted, them […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Employment Div. v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990) Case Summary of Employment Div. v. Smith: Two members of the Native American Church were fired from their jobs for using the drug peyote because the drug was illegal in Oregon. The fired employees claimed that use of the peyote was an important part of Native […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 2751 (2014) Case Summary of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.: Several for-profit, closely held companies, including Hobby Lobby, complained that the ACA’s requirement that for-profit employers provide insurance for contraceptives for their female employees infringed on their companies’ First Amendment right of the free […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972) Case Summary of Wisconsin v. Yoder: Members of the Amish religion, including Jonas Yoder, refused to send their children to school beyond the 8th grade for religious reasons. Because Wisconsin law compels school attendance for all children until age 16, Yoder and the other respondents were tried […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Everson v. Board of Education, Supreme Court of the United States, (1947) Case summary for Everson v. Board of Education: Everson challenged a state statute on First Amendment grounds, which equally allocated funding from tax payers to provide transportation to students who attend public in addition to students who attend parochial schools. The state […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Sherbert v. Verner, United States Supreme Court, (1963) Case summary for Sherbert v. Verner: Sherbert was fired because she could not work on Saturday’s for religious reasons. She subsequently filed for unemployment benefits with the state and was denied. Sherbert appealed the state courts decision’s claiming that her denial for unemployment benefits was unconstitutional. […]
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