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· 6/11/1997

Milton Weir, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Crispus Nix James Helling Mary Piper, Defendants-Appellees/cross-Appellants

Citations

  • 114 F.3d 817
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 13712
  • 1997 WL 311653

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  • finding that requiring certain inmates to worship on Fridays as opposed to during the Sunday Sabbath did not “substantially burden free exercise rights” sufficient to form the basis of a Free & Exercise claim
  • stating that “[a]s an initial matter, a person claiming that a governmental policy or action violates his right to exercise his religion freely must establish that the action substantially burdens his sincerely held religious belief”
  • stating that “[a]s an initial matter, a person claiming that a governmental policy or action violates his right to exercise his religion freely must establish that the action substantially burdens his sincerely held religious belief”
  • stating that “[a]s an initial matter, a person claiming that a governmental policy or action violates his right to exercise his religion freely must establish that the action substantially burdens his sincerely held religious belief’
  • stating that “[a]s an initial matter, a person claiming that a governmental policy or action violates his right to exercise his religion freely must establish that the action substantially burdens his sincerely held religious belief”
  • stating that “[a]s an initial matter, a person claiming that a governmental policy or action violates his right to exercise his religion freely must establish that the action substantially burdens his sincerely held religious belief”

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Judges: Arnold, Hansen

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