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· 6/19/2009

Barr v. City of Sinton

Citations

  • 295 S.W.3d 287
  • 52 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 871
  • 2009 Tex. LEXIS 396
  • 2009 WL 1712798

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that Texas citizens do not have “an absolute right to engage in [religious] conduct” because “[t]he government may regulate such conduct in furtherance of a compelling interest”
  • string citation to cases in which court guided by federal cases construing a similar or counterpart federal statute to the state statute at issue
  • “Thus defined, ‘substantial’ has two basic components: real vs. merely perceived, and significant vs. trivial.”

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Judges: Hecht

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