|
Cases
by Topic Group
Native American Religious Liberty, Sorted by Year, Click
here to sort by Case Name.
| Case
Name |
Year | Decision
of the Court | Topic
Group(s) | |
| United States v. Dion, 476 U.S. 734 | 1986 | Native American could be convicted under Endangered Species Act for selling parts of Bald Eagle notwithstanding that earlier treaty reserved right to hunt and that taking of bird feathers was for religious purposes. |
Native American Religious Liberty
| | | Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Ass'n, 485 U.S. 439 | 1988 | Constitution does not forbid construction of road through portion of national forest traditionally used for religious purposes by members of three Indian tribes. |
Native American Religious Liberty
| | | Employment Div. v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 | 1990 | Upheld denial of compensation where workers were fired after using peyote for sacramental purposes; Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398 (1963), compelling interest test rejected. |
Native American Religious Liberty
Unemployment Compensation
| |
Except for those entries
preceded by an asterisk, Professor Carl H. Esbeck, Isabelle Wade and Paul C. Lyda
Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Columbia prepared and copyrighted the
text under the column entitled "Decision of the Court." L. Martin Nussbaum, co-chair
of the Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons Religious Institutions Group prepared the text
under the column entitled "Decision of the Court" which is preceded by an asterisk.
The Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP Religious Institutions Group gratefully acknowledges
Professor Esbeck's permission to reprint the text which he prepared. |
|
Copyright
© 2002-2010 by Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP. All rights reserved.
| | |
