· 9/24/1984
Peyote Way Church of God, Inc. v. William F. Smith, Attorney General of the United States and Jim Mattox, Attorney General of the State of Texas
Citations
- 742 F.2d 193
- 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 18293
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- incorporated church had personal stake in free exercise challenge to statute proscribing possession and use of peyote, “because enforcement of that statute will directly affect the freedom with which its members may fulfill their professed religious commitment”
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Judges: Brown, Gee, Rubin
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