Legal Opinion
Cutter v. Wilkinson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 31, 2005No. 03-9877PublishedCited by 1,394 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
Section 3 of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA or Act), 114 Stat. 804, 42 U. S. C. § 2000cc-l(a)(l)-(2), provides in part: “No government shall impose a substantial burden on the religious exercise of a person residing in or confined to an institution,” unless the burden furthers “a compelling governmental interest,” and does so by “the least restrictive means.” Plaintiffs below, petitioners here, are current and former inmates of institutions operated by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction and assert that they are adherents of…
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