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· 3/23/1981

Shaw v. University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas

Citations

  • 450 U.S. 1026
  • 101 S. Ct. 1733
  • 49 U.S.L.W. 3711
  • 68 L. Ed. 2d 221
  • 1981 U.S. LEXIS 1454

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  • holding that the exclusive, unexplained possession of recently stolen property is sufficient evidence to sustain a conviction for burglary
  • “Few tasks that confront a court require more circumspection than that of determining whether a particular set of ideas constitutes a religion within the meaning of the first amendment.”
  • Move is not a religion

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