Wisconsin v. Yoder

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Wisconsin v. Yoder is a landmark 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that held compulsory school attendance laws could not be applied in a way that violated Amish parents’ religious freedom.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Amendment case ⓘ
U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ
compulsory education case ⓘ
landmark case ⓘ
religious freedom case ⓘ
appliedToStatesThrough Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
citation 406 U.S. 205 ⓘ
concurringOpinionBy Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. (joined later jurisprudentially in related contexts) ⓘ
linked to: Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Justice William O. Douglas (in part and dissenting in part) ⓘ
constitutionalProvision First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
Free Exercise Clause ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1972-05-15 ⓘ
educationLevelAtIssue attendance at public or private high school after eighth grade ⓘ
fullName Wisconsin v. Yoder ⓘ
holding Compulsory school attendance laws may not be applied in a manner that unduly burdens the free exercise of religion when the state cannot show a sufficiently compelling interest. ⓘ
The Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment prohibits the State of Wisconsin from compelling Amish parents to send their children to formal high school after the eighth grade. ⓘ
impact influenced later statutory protections such as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) ⓘ
strengthened constitutional protection for religiously motivated objections to generally applicable laws prior to Employment Division v. Smith ⓘ
legalIssue compulsory school attendance beyond eighth grade ⓘ
free exercise of religion ⓘ
state interest in education ⓘ
lowerCourtDisposition Wisconsin Supreme Court reversed convictions of Amish parents ⓘ
linked to: Wisconsin v. Yoder
majorityOpinionBy Chief Justice Warren E. Burger ⓘ
linked to: Warren E. Burger
originatingStateCourt Wisconsin Supreme Court ⓘ
petitioner State of Wisconsin ⓘ
linked to: Wisconsin
reasoningKeyPoint the Amish community had a long-established, successful alternative mode of vocational and religious education ⓘ
the marginal benefit of two additional years of formal schooling did not justify the substantial burden on Amish religious practice ⓘ
recognizedRight right of Amish parents to direct the religious upbringing and education of their children ⓘ
religiousGroupInvolved Conservative Amish Mennonite Church ⓘ
linked to: Amish

Old Order Amish ⓘ
linked to: Amish
respondent Adin Yutzy ⓘ
Jonas Yoder ⓘ
Wallace Miller ⓘ
standardApplied compelling interest test ⓘ
strict scrutiny ⓘ
stateLawChallenged Wisconsin compulsory school attendance law requiring attendance until age 16 ⓘ
subjectMatter education law ⓘ
parental rights ⓘ
religious liberty ⓘ
SupremeCourtDisposition Affirmed the judgment of the Wisconsin Supreme Court ⓘ
term 1971 Term ⓘ
topic U.S. constitutional law ⓘ
church-state relations ⓘ
parental control over education ⓘ
vote 7-0 on the central holding with two Justices not participating in the main opinion structure ⓘ

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