| Case
Name |
Year | Decision
of the Court | Topic
Group(s) | |
| Cantwell v. Connecticut, 310 U.S. 296 | 1940 | State may not unduly suppress communication of religious views under guise of conserving public peace, or deciding what is a legitimate "religion" for solicitation purposes; Free Exercise Clause applied to state and local governments through Fourteenth Amendment. |
Incorporation by Fourteenth Amendment
Jehovah's Witnesses
Religious Speech
| |
| Minersville Sch. Dist. v. Gobitis, 310 U.S. 586 | 1940 | A requirement that pupils salute the flag in daily school exercises is not violative of due process |
Flag Salute
Jehovah's Witnesses
Religious Speech
| |
| Cox v. New Hampshire, 312 U.S. 569 | 1941 | It is constitutional to charge a parade fee limited to the purpose of meeting the expense incident to the administration of licensing and the maintenance of public order |
Meeting Permits
Religious Speech
| |
| Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, 315 U.S. 568 | 1942 | Cursing a public officer is not an exercise of religion or protected speech. |
Religious Speech
| |
| Taylor v. Mississippi, 319 U.S. 583 | 1943 | Overturning convictions of Jehovah's Witnesses arrested for advocating a refusal to salute flag. |
Flag Salute
Jehovah's Witnesses
Religious Speech
| |
| West Virginia State Bd. of Educ. v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 | 1943 | School requirement to salute flag and recite pledge is invalid as applied to Jehovah's Witnesses because it denies freedom of speech and of belief. |
Flag Salute
Jehovah's Witnesses
Religious Speech
| |
| Musser v. Utah, 333 U.S. 95 | 1948 | Conviction for polygamy vacated and case remanded for consideration of state law questions. |
Polygamy
Religious Speech
| |
| Saia v. New York, 334 U.S. 558 | 1948 | In absence of any standards, ordinance prohibiting use of sound amplification invalid as infringing free speech. |
Jehovah's Witnesses
Religious Speech
| |
| Fowler v. Rhode Island, 345 U.S. 67 | 1953 | Ordinance prohibiting religious speech in public park but not church services, violates First Amendment. |
Discrimination Against Religion
Jehovah's Witnesses
Religious Speech
| |
| Board of Airport Comm'rs v. Jews for Jesus, Inc., 482 U.S. 569 | 1987 | Airport regulation banning all "first amendment activities" within a public or non-public forum is a violation of overbreadth doctrine. |
Religious Speech
| |
| Int'l Soc. for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. v. Lee, 505 U.S. 672 | 1992 | An airport terminal is a non-public forum, therefore a ban on religious handbills and solicitation need only satisfy a reasonableness standard. |
Religious Literature Distribution
Religious Speech
| |
| Capitol Sq. Review & Advisory Bd. v. Pinette, 515 U.S. 753 (plurality in part) | 1995 | State's refusal to allow display of religious symbol in public forum is speech discrimination not justified by Establishment Clause |
Equal Access in Schools
Religious Speech
Religious Symbols/Creches/Ten Commandments
| |
| Newdow v. U.S. Congress, 328 F.3d 466 (9th Cir.) | 2002 | *Both the 1954 Act of Congress adding Under God to the Pledge of Allegiance and a public school's practice of teacher-led recitation of the Pledge violate the Establishment Clause. |
Flag Salute
Prayer/Religion in Public Schools
Religious Speech
| |
| Elk Grove Unified Sch. Dist. v. Newdow, 542 U.S. 1 | 2004 | Non-custodial father of minor does not have standing to challenge his daughter’s voluntary recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the U.S. flag. |
Flag Salute
Prayer/Religion in Public Schools
Religious Speech
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