Legal Opinion
Oklevueha Native American Church of Hawaii, Inc. v. Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 6, 2016No. 14-15143PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act mandates that the federal government may not substantially burden a person’s religious exercise unless it uses the least restrictive means to further a compelling interest. We must decide whether the district court properly denied a church and its founder an exemption from federal laws prohibiting the possession and distribution of cannabis.
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Michael Rex “Raging Bear” Mooney is the founder, president, and “Medicine Custodian” of Oklevueha Native American Church of Hawaii, Inc. (“Oklevueha”). According to Mooney and…
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