Cutter v. Wilkinson

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Cutter v. Wilkinson is a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act as applied to the religious rights of prison inmates.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case
prisoners' rights case
religious liberty case
appliesTo state and local institutions receiving federal funds
aroseInJurisdiction Ohio
surface form: State of Ohio
clarifies that neutral accommodation of religion can be consistent with the Establishment Clause
concernsAbbreviation Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
surface form: RLUIPA
concernsGroup institutionalized persons
state prison inmates
concernsStatute Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
concernsTopic Establishment Clause
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
accommodation of religion
free exercise of religion
religious rights of prison inmates
decisionType unanimous decision
hasChiefJusticeAtDecision William H. Rehnquist
hasCitation 544 U.S. 709
hasCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
hasCourt Supreme Court of the United States
hasDecisionDate May 31, 2005
hasDocketNumber 03-9877
hasJusticeOnCourt Anthony M. Kennedy
Antonin Scalia
Clarence Thomas
David H. Souter
John Paul Stevens
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sandra Day O’Connor
surface form: Sandra Day O'Connor

Stephen G. Breyer
William H. Rehnquist
hasMajorityOpinionBy Ruth Bader Ginsburg
hasPetitioner Cutter
hasRespondent Reginald A. Wilkinson, Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
Wilkinson
holding Government may accommodate religious practices of prisoners without running afoul of the Establishment Clause, so long as it does not elevate accommodation over other significant interests
RLUIPA, as applied to institutionalized persons, does not on its face violate the Establishment Clause
legalIssue scope of permissible religious accommodation in prisons
whether RLUIPA violates the Establishment Clause by impermissibly advancing religion
lowerCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
proceduralPosture review of a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
relatedAreaOfLaw civil rights law
constitutional law
prison law
relatedTo Religious Freedom Restoration Act
result judgment of the Sixth Circuit reversed
yearArgued 2005
yearDecided 2005

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Cutter partyTo Cutter v. Wilkinson
Cutter caseCitation Cutter v. Wilkinson
this entity surface form: Cutter v. Wilkinson, 544 U.S. 709 (2005)
Reginald A. Wilkinson, Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction participantIn Cutter v. Wilkinson
subject surface form: Reginald A. Wilkinson
Reginald A. Wilkinson, Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction notableCourtCase Cutter v. Wilkinson
subject surface form: Reginald A. Wilkinson
Reginald A. Wilkinson, Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction partyToLegalCase Cutter v. Wilkinson
subject surface form: Reginald A. Wilkinson