Legal Opinion
First Covenant Church of Seattle v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Decided November 20, 1992No. 56377-2PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*208Dore, C.J.
We reinstate our holding in First Covenant Church v. Seattle1 that applying the City's ordinances to the church violates the free exercise guaranties of the First Amendment to the federal constitution and article 1, section 11 of the state constitution. We have fully considered the Supreme Court's holding in Employment Div., Dep't of Human Resources v. Smith,2 and we conclude that Smith is distinguishable from this case and does not compel a different result.
Issue
Whether applying Seattle's Landmarks Preservation Ordinance to First Covenant violated the church's right to free…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Michigan v. LongSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by91 opinions
- Locke v. DaveySupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- City of Seattle v. McCreadyWashington Supreme Court · 1994
- Roman Catholic Bishop v. City of SpringfieldCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2013
- King County Fire Protection District No. 16 v. Housing AuthorityWashington Supreme Court · 1994
- Malyon v. Pierce CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1997
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