Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah
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Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah is a 1993 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down city ordinances targeting Santería animal sacrifice and clarified that laws burdening religious practice must be neutral and generally applicable under the Free Exercise Clause.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah canonical | 1 |
| Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. | 1 |
| Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah | 1 |
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Target entity: Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah Context triple: [Free Exercise Clause, interpretedInCase, Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah]
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Target entity: Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah Target entity description: Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah is a 1993 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down city ordinances targeting Santería animal sacrifice and clarified that laws burdening religious practice must be neutral and generally applicable under the Free Exercise Clause.
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Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First Amendment case
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Free Exercise Clause case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ |
| appliedToStatesThrough | Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
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law and religion ⓘ |
| arguedDate | 1992-11-04 ⓘ |
| citation | 508 U.S. 520 ⓘ |
| clarified |
meaning of general applicability under the Free Exercise Clause
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meaning of neutrality under the Free Exercise Clause ⓘ |
| concurrenceBy |
Antonin Scalia
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Byron R. White ⓘ Clarence Thomas ⓘ David H. Souter ⓘ Blackmun ⓘ
surface form:
Harry A. Blackmun
John Paul Stevens ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvision | First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1993-06-11 ⓘ |
| decisionType | unanimous decision ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 91-948 ⓘ |
| foundOrdinances |
not generally applicable
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not neutral toward religion ⓘ |
| freeExerciseTest |
laws targeting religion or religious practices trigger strict scrutiny
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neutral and generally applicable laws do not require strict scrutiny ⓘ |
| fullName |
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah
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| holding |
City ordinances targeting Santería animal sacrifice violated the Free Exercise Clause
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Laws that are not neutral and generally applicable are subject to strict scrutiny under the Free Exercise Clause ⓘ |
| impact |
became leading precedent on religious discrimination in facially neutral laws
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limited government ability to target specific religious practices ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| legalIssue |
Free Exercise Clause
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surface form:
Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment
general applicability requirement for laws burdening religion ⓘ neutrality requirement for laws burdening religion ⓘ |
| locationOfEvents | Hialeah, Florida ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ |
| petitioner |
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc.
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| precedentInterpreted | Employment Division v. Smith ⓘ |
| relatedReligion |
Afro-Caribbean religions
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surface form:
Santería
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| respondent |
Hialeah, Florida
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surface form:
City of Hialeah
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| standardOfReview | strict scrutiny ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Santería religious practices
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animal sacrifice ⓘ |
| subsequentCitationFrequency | high ⓘ |
| vote | 9-0 ⓘ |
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Subject: Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah Description of subject: Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah is a 1993 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down city ordinances targeting Santería animal sacrifice and clarified that laws burdening religious practice must be neutral and generally applicable under the Free Exercise Clause.
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