Sasnett v. Sullivan

How courts have described this case

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

• holding prison rule that banned all jewelry — and so the wearing of crosses — substantially burdened prisoners’ religion.
• “Proof of religiosity is especially important in the prison context because of the potential that prisoners might use religion as a pretext to achieve other goals.”
• plaintiff establishes “substantial burden” by showing that “the burdened conduct or practice is 1
• extensive discussion of “substantial burden” requirement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Young
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-06-27· cited 53×
• Christians v. Crystal Evangelical Free Church
  Eighth Circuit· 1996-05-06· cited 24×
• Madison v. Riter
  W.D. Virginia· 2003-01-23· cited 21×
• Stone-Bey v. Barnes
  N.D. Indiana· 1996-01-29· cited 12×
• Haff v. Cooke
  E.D. Wisconsin· 1996-04-12· cited 7×
• McKinney v. Hanks
  N.D. Indiana· 1995-12-20· cited 6×
• Harless Ex Rel. Harless v. Darr
  S.D. Indiana· 1996-02-27· cited 6×
• Lucero v. Hensley
  C.D. California· 1996-03-18· cited 3×

Cites

48 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Graham v. Connor
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-15· cited 16,485×
• Bell v. Wolfish
  Supreme Court· 1979-05-14· cited 11,438×
• Sandin v. Conner
  Supreme Court· 1995-06-19· cited 9,097×
• Turner v. Safley
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-01· cited 6,491×
• Roe v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1973-01-22· cited 5,581×
• Bounds v. Smith
  Supreme Court· 1977-04-27· cited 4,812×
• Wisconsin v. Yoder
  Supreme Court· 1972-05-15· cited 3,250×
• Sherbert v. Verner
  Supreme Court· 1963-06-17· cited 2,650×
• Procunier v. Martinez
  Supreme Court· 1974-04-29· cited 2,649×
• Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. Smith
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-17· cited 2,569×
• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-29· cited 2,492×
• Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent
  Supreme Court· 1984-05-15· cited 2,188×
• O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-09· cited 2,176×
• Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-11· cited 1,769×
• Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division
  Supreme Court· 1981-04-06· cited 1,701×
• Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-23· cited 1,564×
• Hernandez v. Commissioner
  Supreme Court· 1989-08-11· cited 946×
• Tcherepnin v. Knight
  Supreme Court· 1967-12-18· cited 878×
• Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-19· cited 810×
• Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n of Fla.
  Supreme Court· 1987-02-25· cited 431×