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· 7/23/2008

Colorado Christian University v. Weaver

Citations

  • 534 F.3d 1245
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 16189
  • 2008 WL 2815017

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that “[t]he [Supreme] Court has suggested that the Equal Protection Clause’s requirement [of neutral treatment of religions] is parallel” to the Free Exercise Clause’s
  • suggesting that rational basis review cannot be used to evaluate an Establishment Clause claim
  • suggesting that rational basis review cannot be used to evaluate an Establishment Clause claim
  • requiring consideration of factors to determine whether a scholarship applicant was ineligible because the institution of higher education was “pervasively sectarian”
  • noting such a question \requires [the state] to wade into issues of religious contention\
  • striking down the portion of the state grant program at issue in Americans United that precluded aid to “pervasively sectarian” institutions as unconstitutionally discriminatory among religions and as unconstitutionally invasive of religious belief and practice

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Judges: McConnell, Seymour, Holmes

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