Selected Supreme Court Cases in Education and Religion Free Exercise Clause | Establishment Clause | Teachers’ Rights | Students’ Rights | Powers of School Board/State | General Right to Run a School | Parents’ Rights | Equal Protection Clause | Race | Right to an Education | Special Education | Statutory Rights | Misc. First Amendment | Other Miscellaneous --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Free Exercise ClauseGeneralBarunfeld v. Brown 1961 (stores closed on Sunday)Bowen v. Roy 1986 (Social Security numbers)Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah 1993 (ritual sacrifice)Davis v. Beason 1890 (non bigamy requirement for electors)Heffron v. Krishna Consciousness 1981 (no distribution at fair)McDaniel v. Paty 1978 (bar against clergy in legislature)Murdock v. Pennsylvania 1943 (tax on sold religious booklets)NLRB v. Catholic Bishop 1979 (teacher’s unions at parochial schools)Ohio v. Dayton Christian 1986 (district court should have taken suit)Reynolds v. United States 1878 (anti-polygamy)United States v. Ballard 1944 (mail fraud beliefs not put before jury)United States v. Lee 1982 (payment of taxes by individuals)Wisconsin v. Yoder 1972 (Amish schoolchildren)Jehovah’s Witness CasesCantwell v. Connecticut 1940 (solicitation of funds approval requirement)Cox v. New Hampshire 1941 (parade license)Jones v. City of Opelika 1942 (preaching fees)Minersville v. Gobitis 1940 (overturned) (oath to flag)Murdock v. Pennsylvania 1943 (tax on sold religious booklets)Taylor v. State of Mississippi, Benoit 1943 (distribution of anti-flag book)West Virginia v. Barnette 1943 (oath to flag)Labor/UnemploymentSherbert v. Verner 1963 (no denial of benefits)Thomas v. Review Bd. of Indiana 1981 (unemployment benefits)Alamo Foundation v. Secretary of Labor 1985 (minimum wage)Employment Div. of Oregon v. Smith 1990 (unemployment benefits)Army/PacifistsHamilton v. University of Calif...
