Legal Opinion
Paty v. McDaniel
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided March 7, 1977PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FONES, Justice.
The major issue in this case is whether the Tennessee Constitutional provision de-*901daring ministers of the gospel and priests of any denomination whatever, ineligible to a seat in either house of the Legislature, violates the free exercise clause of the First Amendment to the Federal Constitution.
Public Acts 1976, Chapter 848, the Legislative call for a limited constitutional convention, established the qualifications of delegates as the same as those for membership in the House of Representatives, thus invoking Article IX, Section 1 of the Constitution of Tennessee that…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by13 opinions
- McDaniel v. PatySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Wolf v. SundquistCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1997
- State v. LoudonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
- Salem College & Academy, Inc. v. Employment DivisionCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1983
- In re: The Adoption of female child, E.N.R.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1999
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