Jay F. Hein, Director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, et al. v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc., et al.

Decided June 25, 2007. Samuel A. Alito Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 06-157 · 551 U.S. 587 (2007) · Cited 469 times

Holding

The judgment is reversed.

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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.

• Flast v. Cohen · 392 U.S. 83 (1968)
• Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · 454 U.S. 464 (1982)
• Bowen v. Kendrick · 487 U.S. 589 (1988)
• Massachusetts v. Mellon · 262 U.S. 447 (1923)
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · 504 U.S. 555 (1992)
• United States v. Richardson · 418 U.S. 166 (1974)
• Doremus v. Board of Ed. of Hawthorne · 342 U.S. 429 (1952)
• Allen v. Wright · 468 U.S. 737 (1984)
• Schlesinger v. Reservists Committee to Stop the War · 418 U.S. 208 (1974)
• DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno · 547 U.S. 332 (2006)
• Asarco Inc. v. Kadish · 490 U.S. 605 (1989)
• Lewis v. Casey · 518 U.S. 343 (1996)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• Lincoln v. Vigil · 508 U.S. 182 (1993)
• Lance v. Coffman · 549 U.S. 437 (2007)
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 523 U.S. 83 (1998)
• Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc. · 528 U.S. 167 (2000)
• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · 426 U.S. 26 (1976)
• Spencer v. Kemna · 523 U.S. 1 (1998)
• Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill · 437 U.S. 153 (1978)
• Cheney v. United States District Court for District of Columbia · 542 U.S. 367 (2004)
• Everson v. Board of Ed. of Ewing · 330 U.S. 1 (1947)
• Raines v. Byrd · 521 U.S. 811 (1997)
• Laird v. Tatum · 408 U.S. 1 (1972)
• Lynch v. Donnelly · 465 U.S. 668 (1984)
• Northeastern Florida Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America v. City of Jacksonville · 508 U.S. 656 (1993)
• Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow · 542 U.S. 1 (2004)
• United States v. Hays · 515 U.S. 737 (1995)
• Federal Election Commission v. Akins · 524 U.S. 11 (1998)
• Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe · 530 U.S. 290 (2000)

Cited by

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

• United States v. Windsor · 570 U.S. 744 (2013)
• Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue · 591 U.S. 464 (2020)
• Kennedy v. Bremerton School Dist. · 597 U.S. 507 (2022)
• Wilkie v. Robbins · 551 U.S. 537 (2007)
• California v. Texas · 593 U.S. 659 (2021)
• American Legion v. American Humanist Assn. · 588 U.S. 29 (2019)

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