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· 12/6/1993

Harriet Cohen v. City of Des Plaines

Citations

  • 8 F.3d 484
  • 1993 WL 429006

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that a court must determine whether the record 9 contains outstanding conflicts that must be resolved before crediting a claimant’s testimony and 10 entering a finding of disability
  • distinguishing ease from Bullock because, in present case, free exercise concerns existed and law did not burden non-beneficiaries
  • \It is not up to legislatures (or to courts for that matter) to say what activities are sufficiently `religious'\
  • “[0]ur inquiry ... under the [Establishment Clause] necessarily ‘calls for line-drawing; no fixed, per se rule can be framed.’ ”
  • “It is not up to legislatures (or to courts for that matter) to say what activities are sufficiently ‘religious’ ”
  • “The religious component of child care and education activities in[the city] will come from church members or leaders, not from government officials”

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Judges: Bauer, Kanne, Rovner

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