Colovich v. National Fish & Oyster Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the Ohio Constitution provides broader protections of religious rights than the U.S. Constitution
• holding that the Ohio constitution provides broader religious protection than the federal free exercise clause based on language stating that “nor shall any interference with the rights of conscience be permitted”
• holding that the Ohio constitution provides broader religious protection than the federal free exercise clause based on language stating that “nor shall any interference with the rights of conscience be permitted”
• noting the federal standard was previously stricter and correlated to Ohio’s standard
• where the state failed to show the hair-under-the-hat alternative, which was proposed by the objector and contained in its policy for women, was not the least restrictive means
• even where the contested government action is religiously neutral and evenly applied

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).