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· 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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