Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, et al.

Decided January 11, 2012. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 10-553 · 565 U.S. 171 (2012) · Cited 504 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Kedroff v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church in North America · 344 U.S. 94 (1952)
• Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. Smith · 494 U.S. 872 (1990)
• Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for United States and Canada v. Milivojevich · 426 U.S. 696 (1976)
• Watson v. Jones · 80 U.S. 679 (1872)
• Flast v. Cohen · 392 U.S. 83 (1968)
• Roberts v. United States Jaycees · 468 U.S. 609 (1984)
• Cutter v. Wilkinson · 544 U.S. 709 (2005)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd. · 561 U.S. 247 (2010)
• Tilton v. Richardson · 403 U.S. 672 (1971)
• Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Amos · 483 U.S. 327 (1987)
• Boy Scouts of America v. Dale · 530 U.S. 640 (2000)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer · 582 U.S. 449 (2017)
• Bostock v. Clayton County · 590 U.S. 644 (2020)
• Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue · 591 U.S. 464 (2020)
• Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Comm'n. · 605 U.S. 238 (2025)
• Fulton v. Philadelphia · 593 U.S. 522 (2021)
• Town of Greece v. Galloway · 572 U.S. 565 (2014)
• Carson v. Makin · 596 U.S. 767 (2022)
• American Legion v. American Humanist Assn. · 588 U.S. 29 (2019)
• United States v. Rahimi · 602 U.S. 680 (2024)
• Kennedy v. Bremerton School Dist. · 597 U.S. 507 (2022)

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