2003 OK CIV APP 70 - Steele v. Guilfoyle’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2201 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000C
Relies on Turner v. Safley · Lemon v. Kurtzman · O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz · Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Assn. · Block v. Rutherford
Most-quoted passages
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“must similarly make an initial prima facie showing of 'substantial burden' before any burden of persuasion shifts to the state.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . . .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, no governmental entity shall substantially burden a person's free exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability. B. No governmental entity shall substantially burden a person's free exercise of religion unless it demonstrates that application of the burden to the person is: 1. Essential to further a compelling governmental interest; and 2. The least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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