Torres Montalvo, Hiram v. Cabrera Castillo, Euribiades

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding compulsory flag salute with sanctions for nonparticipating children by vote of 8-1 over dissent of Justice Stone
• “The mere possession of religious convictions which contradict the relevant concerns of a political society does not relieve the citizen from the discharge of political responsibilities.”
• “Conscientious scruples have not, in the course of the long struggle for religious toleration, relieved the individual from obedience to a general law not aimed at the promotion or restriction of religious beliefs.”
• “Conscientious scruples have not, in the course of the long struggle for religious toleration, relieved the individual from obedience to a general law not aimed at the promotion or restriction of religious beliefs”
• constitutional challenge to mandatory recital of pledge of allegiance in public school
• constitutional challenge to mandatory recital of pledge of allegiance in public school

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).