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Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	CITY OF BOERNE v. P. F. FLORES, ARCHBISHOP OF SAN ANTONIO, AND UNITED STATES LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	June 25, 1997
Date Argument	February 19, 1997
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	521 U.S. 507 117 S. Ct. 2157 1997 U.S. LEXIS 4035 138 L. Ed. 2d 624
Docket	95-2074

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	Texas Western U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Petitioner	city, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit Texas
Respondent	religious organization, institution, or person

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 2)	FIRST AMENDMENT Free Exercise Of Religion CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Fourteenth Amendment (enforcement clause)
Vote Coalition	6 - 2
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Rehnquist Kennedy Thomas Ginsburg regular concurrence Stevens Scalia dissent O'Connor Breyer jurisdictional dissent Souter
Issue/Legal Provision (2 of 2)	FIRST AMENDMENT Free Exercise Of Religion INFREQUENTLY LITIGATED STATUTES 42 U.S.C. § 2000
Vote Coalition	6 - 2
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Rehnquist Kennedy Thomas Ginsburg regular concurrence Stevens Scalia dissent O'Connor Breyer jurisdictional dissent Souter

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1996-087-01

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