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· 11/23/1970

Bauer v. California

Citations

  • 400 U.S. 927
  • 91 S. Ct. 190

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that Teterud was limited to its facts and that the compelling interest test had been rejecting by the Supreme Court when evaluating free exercise challenges to prison regulations
  • noting that Tuner balance favors prison officials when regulation does not preclude inmates from practicing at least some of the tenets of their religion
  • determining the sincerity of a person's religious belief \is factual in nature and thus is subject to the clearly erroneous standard of review\
  • applying the reasonableness test set out in O'Lone to a prison hair length regulation we concluded that \[a]ny other solution would come at more than a de minimis cost to valid penological interests\
  • Sioux plaintiff's need to wear long hair was religious and sincerely held
  • Native American inmate seeking exemption to grooming regulation

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