List of United States Supreme Court cases involving the First Amendment

=Government Intervention in Church Controversies=

*"United States v. Ballard" (1944)
*"Kedroff v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral" (1952)
*"Presbyterian Church v. Hull Church" (1969)
*"Jones v. Wolf" (1979)

The Free Exercise of Religion

The Jehovah's Witnesses Cases

*"Cantwell v. Connecticut" (1940)
*"Jones v. City of Opelika (I)" (1942)
*"Jones v. City of Opelika (II)" (1943)
*"Murdock v. Pennsylvania" (1943)
*"Minersville School District v. Gobitis" (1940)
*"West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette" (1943)
*"Cox v. New Hampshire" (1941)
*"Prince v. Massachusetts" (1944)

Conscientious Objection to War

*"United States v. Schwimmer" (1929)
*"United States v. Macintosh" (1931)
*"Hamilton v. Regents of the University of California" (1934)
*"Girouard v. United States" (1946)
*"United States v. Seeger" (1965)
*"Welsh v. United States" (1970)
*"Gillette v. United States" (1971)

Religion and the Right to Work

*"Sherbert v. Verner" (1963)
*"Trans World Airlines v. Hardison" (1977)
*"Ohio Civil Rights Commission v. Dayton Christian Schools" (1986)
*"Corporation of the Presiding Bishops of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Amos" (1987)
*"Employment Division v. Smith" (1990)
*"United States v. National Treasury Employees Union" (1995)

Religious Tests for Public Service or Benefits

*"Torcaso v. Watkins" (1961)
*"McDaniel v. Paty" (1978)
*"Goldman v. Weinberger" (1986)
*"Bowen v. Roy" (1986)

Free Exercise and Free Speech

*"R. A. V. v. City of St. Paul" (1992)

Free Exercise and Public Education

*"Wisconsin v. Yoder" (1972)
*"Widmar v. Vincent" (1981)
*"Board of Education of the Westside Community Schools v. Mergens" (1990)
*"Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District" (1993)
*"Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia" (1995)

Free Exercise and Public Property

*"Capital Square Review and Advisory Board v. Pinette" (1995)

Free Exercise and Taxation

*"United States v. Lee" (1982)
*"Bob Jones University v. United States" (1983)

olicitation by Religious Groups

*"Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness" (1981)

Free Exercise and Eminent Domain

*"Lyng v. Northwest Indian CPA" (1988)
*"City of Boerne v. Flores" (1997)

Ritual sacrifice of animals

*"Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah" (1993)

The Establishment of Religion

tanding to Sue

*"Flast v. Cohen" (1968)
*"Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State" (1982)
*"Bender v. Williamsport" (1986)

Tax Exemption to Religious Institutions

*"Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York" (1970)
*"Texas Monthly Inc. v. Bullock" (1989)

unday Work

*"McGowan v. Maryland" (1961)
*"Braunfeld v. Brown" (1961)
*"Gallagher v. Crown Kosher Super Market of Mass., Inc." (1961)
*"Thorton v. Caldor" (1985)

Religious Institution Functioning as a Government Agency

*"Larkin v. Grendel's Den
*"Bowen v. Kendrick" (1988)
*"Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School v. Grumet" (1994)

Unequal Government Treatment of Religious Groups

*"Larson v. Valente" (1982)

Legislative Chaplains

*"Marsh v. Chambers" (1983)

Government-Sponsored Nativity Scenes

*"Lynch v. Donnelly" (1984)
*"County of Allegheny v. ACLU Greater Pittsburgh Chapter" (1989)

Government Aid to Public Education

*"McCollum v. Board of Education" (1948)
*"Zorach v. Clauson" (1952)
*"Engel v. Vitale" (1962)
*"Abington Township School District v. Schempp" (1963)
*"Epperson v. Arkansas" (1968)
*"Stone v. Graham" (1980)
*"Agostini v. Felton" (1997)
*"Mitchell v. Helms" (2000)

Governmental Aid to Church-Related Schools

*"Pierce v. Society of Sisters" (1925)
*"Cochran v. Louisiana State Board of Education" (1930)
*"Everson v. Board of Education" (1947)
*"Board of Education v. Allen" (1968)
*"Lemon v. Kurtzman" (1971)
*"Tilton v. Richardson" (1971)
*"Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Nyquist" (1973)
*"Meek v. Pittenger" (1975)
*"Roemer v. Board of Public Works of Maryland" (1976)
*"Wolman v. Walter" (1977)
*"Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Regan" (1980)
*"Mueller v. Allen" (1983)
*"Aguilar v. Felton" (1985)
*"Grand Rapids School District v. Ball" (1985)
*"Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District" (1993)

Prayer in Public Schools

*"Wallace v. Jaffree" (1985)
*"Lee v. Weisman" (1992)
*"Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe" (2000)

Teaching of Creationism in Public Schools

*"Edwards v. Aguillard" (1987)

Further reading

*The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. Kermit L. Hall, ed.
*The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions. Kermit L. Hall, ed.
*The Godless Court? Supreme Court Decisions on Church-State Relationships. Ronald B. Flowers.
*The Godless Constitution: The Case Against Religious Correctness. Isaac Kramnick & R. Laurence Moore. Compare
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