Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah
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Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. Hialeah, 508 U.S. 520 (1993), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that an ordinance passed in Hialeah, Florida, forbidding the "unnecessar[y]" killing of "an animal in a public or private ritual or ceremony not for the primary purpose of food consumption", was unconstitutional.
Quick Facts Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah, Argued November 4, 1992 Decided June 11, 1993 ...
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah | |
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Argued November 4, 1992 Decided June 11, 1993 | |
Full case name | Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. and Ernesto Pichardo v. City of Hialeah |
Citations | 508 U.S. 520 (more) 113 S. Ct. 2217; 124 L. Ed. 2d 472 |
Case history | |
Prior | dismissing individuals, 688 F.Supp. 1522 (S.D. Fla. 1988), summary judgment for defendant, 723 F. Supp. 1467 (S.D. Fla. 1989), aff'd, 936 F.2d 586 (11th Cir. 1991). |
Holding | |
The states cannot restrict religiously-mandated ritual slaughter of animals, regardless of the purpose of the slaughter. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Kennedy (Parts I, III, IV), joined by Rehnquist, White, Stevens, Scalia, Souter, Thomas |
Majority | Kennedy (II-B), joined by Rehnquist, White, Stevens, Scalia, Thomas |
Majority | Kennedy (Parts II-A-1, II-A-3), joined by Rehnquist, Stevens, Scalia, Thomas |
Concurrence | Kennedy (Part II-A-2), joined by Stevens |
Concurrence | Scalia (in part and judgment), joined by Rehnquist |
Concurrence | Souter (in part and judgment) |
Concurrence | Blackmun (in judgment), joined by O'Connor |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. Free Exercise Clause, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, City of Hialeah Ordinances 87-52, 87-71, 87-72 |
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