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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Amendment case ⓘ
Free Exercise Clause case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
landmark decision ⓘ
appliedToStatesThrough Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
areaOfLaw constitutional law ⓘ
law and religion ⓘ
arguedDate 1992-11-04 ⓘ
citation 508 U.S. 520 ⓘ
clarified meaning of general applicability under the Free Exercise Clause ⓘ
meaning of neutrality under the Free Exercise Clause ⓘ
concurrenceBy Antonin Scalia ⓘ
Byron R. White ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ
David H. Souter ⓘ
Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
not neutral toward religion ⓘ
freeExerciseTest laws targeting religion or religious practices trigger strict scrutiny ⓘ
neutral and generally applicable laws do not require strict scrutiny ⓘ
fullName Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah ⓘ
holding City ordinances targeting Santería animal sacrifice violated the Free Exercise Clause ⓘ
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 ⓘ
limited government ability to target specific religious practices ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
legalIssue 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, Inc. ⓘ
precedentInterpreted Employment Division v. Smith ⓘ
relatedReligion Santería ⓘ
respondent City of Hialeah ⓘ
linked to: Hialeah, Florida
standardOfReview strict scrutiny ⓘ
subjectMatter Santería religious practices ⓘ
animal sacrifice ⓘ
subsequentCitationFrequency high ⓘ
vote 9-0 ⓘ

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Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah → fullName → Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah ⓘ
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Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah → petitioner → Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah