Legal Opinion

In Re Brown

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 30, 1985No. Misc. No. 1954PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

478 So.2d 1033 (1985)

In re Mattie BROWN a/k/a Delores Brown.

Misc. No. 1954.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 30, 1985.

Barry W. Gilmer, Samuel B. Magruder, Jr., Gilmer & Jones, Jackson, for appellant.

Cynthia L. Hewes, Michael C. Wallace, Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and ANDERSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

Man has long sought to live according to his religious beliefs and to be let alone in the process. So living we yearn to be free of societal opprobrium and state interference. The lesson of history is that, because we are diverse, the…

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2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  5. Olmstead v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Fisher v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Phillips by and Through Phillips v. HullMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Folk v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  4. City of Mound Bayou v. JohnsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  5. Hodes & Nauser, MDS, P.A. v. SchmidtSupreme Court of Kansas · 2019

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