· 10/9/1967
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Georgia, Southern & Florida Railway Co.
Citations
- 389 U.S. 851
- 88 S. Ct. 69
How courts have described this case
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- declining to hold summarily that plaintiff is a religion; claim of religious status is subject to contradiction by showing of insincerity of beliefs
- declining to hold summarily that plaintiff is a religion; claim of religious status is subject to contradiction by showing of insincerity of beliefs
- prima facie case of Church's religious status made out on record of that case, where no government opposition
- issue of whether Scientology and “auditing” are religious, or are false labeling of medical devices
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Judges: Consideration, Took
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