Legal Opinion
Smith v. County of Albemarle
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 8, 1990No. 88-2973PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
Here we approach one of the most entangled areas with which courts must be concerned under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. That document provides in pertinent part:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech....
U.S. Const.Amend. I. The clause requires us to make decisions as to the application of “establishment of religion,” “free exercise [of religion],” and “the freedom of speech” as those terms apply to a situation involving the erection of a…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Clark v. Community for Creative Non-ViolenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Cohen v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Widmar v. VincentSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by38 opinions
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