· 5/12/2000
Br Mnstry Inc v. Rossotti, Charles O.
Citations
- 211 F.3d 137
- 341 U.S. App. D.C. 166
- 85 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 1767
- 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 9867
- 2000 WL 528329
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- explaining that a plaintiff asserting a Free Exercise Clause claim “must first establish that its free exercise right has been substantially burdened”
- concluding that the conditioning of tax-exempt status on a withdrawal by the Church from electoral politics was not a substantial burden on the exercise of religion where “the Church d[id] not maintain that a withdrawal from electoral politics would violate its beliefs”
- “To sustain its claim under either the Constitution or [RFRA], [plaintiff] must first establish that its free exercise right has been substantially burdened.”
- “To sustain its claim under either the [Free Exercise Clause] or [RFRA], [a plaintiff] must first establish that its free exercise right has been substantially burdened.”
- “To sustain its claim under either the [Free Exercise Clause] or [RFRA], [a plaintiff] must first establish that its free exercise right has been substantially burdened.”
- “To establish selective prosecution, the [plaintiff] must “prove that (1) [he] was singled out for prosecution from among others similarly situated and (2) that [the] prosecution was improperly motivated, i.e., based on race, religion or another arbitrary classification.”
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Judges: Silberman, Henderson, Buckley
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