Legal Opinion
Todd S. Kaplan, Mary Ellen Hombs, Robert J. Simpson, Mitchell Snyder v. Judge John R. Hess
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 30, 1982No. 82-1080PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court PER CURIAM.
2Per curiam
The appellees in this case, the Honorable John R. Hess and the Honorable Donald S. Smith, are judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. 1 Appellants, Todd S. Kaplan, Mary Ellen Hombs and Robert J. Simpson, claim that appellees “have incarcerated or removed, or threatened to incarcerate or remove, appellants if they do not rise in the courtroom upon the entrance or exit of the judge.” Brief for Appellants at 1. Appellants further maintain that they are “people whose religious beliefs preclude them from performing acts of deference to any person…
3Cases cited23 opinions
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- O'Shea v. LittletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Steffel v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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4Cited by18 opinions
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