Barney v. Jolly Hoop Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding the distinction between legislative prayer delivered by clergymen and prayer delivered by the legislators themselves to bé significant for Establishment Clause purposes
• “[T]he present case presents a closed-universe of prayer-givers, ... [leaving] minority faiths [with] no means of being recognized.”
• “[T]he present case presents a closed-universe of prayer- givers, . . . [leaving] minority faiths [with] no means of being recognized.”
• “[T]he present case presents a closed-universe of prayer- givers, . . . [leaving] minority faiths [with] no means of being recognized.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).