Kurtz v. Independent Hat Lining Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “the state must do more than simply offer conclusory statements” to satisfy its burdens
• applying similar principles in the negative context, i.e., state compulsion not to practice religious belief by state's refusal to provide facilities to prisoner
• taking judicial notice of \the central and fundamental role played by the Sacred Sweat Lodge in many Native American religions\
• “[RFRA] need not drive a prison to employ clergy from every sect or creed found within its walls.”
• “[Gjovernment regulation must significantly inhibit or constrain conduct or expression that manifests some central tenet of a [person’s] individual beliefs.”
• religious symbols play important role in expressing an individual’s adherence to a particular faith

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).