Legal Opinion
State v. Yoder
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided January 8, 1971No. State 92-94PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*434Hallows, C. J.
No liberty guaranteed by our constitution is more important or vital to our free society than is a religious liberty protected by the free exercise clause of the first amendment. This appeal poses the question of whether the compulsory education law of this state, as applied to the Amish, infringes their religious liberty and, if so, whether such interference is constitutionally justified.
If the compulsory education law is to withstand the appellants’ constitutional challenge, it must be either because the statute does not interfere with a constitutional freedom to act in…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Compassion in Dying v. WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- City of Milwaukee v. K.F.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1988
- State v. ShaverNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1980
- Citizens for Parental Rights v. San Mateo County Board of EducationCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1975
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