Cutter v. Wilkinson, No. 02-3270 (6th Cir.) (423 F.3d 579) (September 13, 2005) (Judge Ronald Lee Gilman)
Loaded on Oct. 1, 2005
published in Punch and Jurists
October 17, 2005
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Religious Freedom/Worship.
Plaintiff prisoners sued defendant state corrections officials for violations of the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause and of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq. The United States Supreme Court held that the RLUIPA did not violate the Establishment Clause and …
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