Grayson v. Schuler’s Empirical Analysis
666 F.3d 450 · 2012
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 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 · Employment Division Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. L Smith · Cruz v. Beto · O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz · Cutter et al. v. Wilkinson Director Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
Most-quoted passages
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“Id . at 455. Nevertheless, [p]rison chaplains may not determine which religious observances are permissible because orthodox.... No more can the prison permit Rastafarians to wear long hair and without justification forbid a sincere African Hebrew Israelite of Jerusalem to do so, even if he is more zealous in his religious observances than his religion requires him to be. Id . We reached a similar result in Vinning-El . Vinning-El involved an MSTA inmate who asked for a vegan diet as a religious accommodation. The chaplain denied the request,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[p]rison authorities are always entitled to balance security concerns against religious practices, and the need to do so may be greater with regard to optional than to mandatory practices.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“confers greater religious rights on prisoners than the free exercise clause has been interpreted to do,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.