Legal Opinion
State v. Hershberger
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 18, 1989No. C9-88-2623PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLEY, Justice.
A Minnesota statute (Minn.Stat. § 169.522) (1988) requires slow-moving vehicles to display a fluorescent orange-red triangular sign emblem when being operated on the state’s public highways. Appellants, members of the Old Order Amish religion (“The Amish”) moved in the district court for dismissal of traffic citations each had received for noncompliance with the statute’s display requirement. They claimed that the statute, by subjecting them to criminal penalties for noncompliance with the display requirement, infringed upon their right to freely exercise their religious…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security DivisionSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n of Fla.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by19 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Cooper v. FrenchSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1990
- Davenport v. GarciaTexas Supreme Court · 1992
- State v. HershbergerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1990
- Mitchell County v. Matthew Hoover ZimmermanSupreme Court of Iowa · 2012
- MISSISSIPPI EMP. SEC. COM'N v. McGlothinMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
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