· 11/23/1970
Bauer v. California
Citations
- 400 U.S. 927
- 91 S. Ct. 190
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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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