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· 6/24/2005

Wirzburger v. Galvin

Citations

  • 412 F.3d 271
  • 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 12419
  • 2005 WL 1491476

How courts have described this case

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

  • rejecting a Free Exercise challenge to 8 provisions of the Massachusetts Constitution prohibiting voter initiatives to amend the state 9 constitution to allow public financial support of private, religiously affiliated schools
  • “Government actions that are aimed at some goal other than restricting the conveyance of ideas are generally permissible, even if they incidentally inhibit free speech.”
  • “Because we [hold] that the [challenged law] does not violate the Free Exercise Clause, we apply rational basis scrutiny to the fundamental rights based claim that [the law] violates equal protection.”
  • “Because we [hold] that the [challenged law] does not violate the Free Exercise Clause, we apply rational basis scrutiny to the fundamental rights based claim that [the law] violates equal protection.”
  • applying intermediate scrutiny to gatekeeper provisions

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Judges: Torruella, Campbell, Lipez

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