Jimmy Swaggart Ministries v. Board of Equalization of California

Decided January 17, 1990. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 88-1374 · 493 U.S. 378 (1990) · Cited 229 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Murdock v. Pennsylvania · 319 U.S. 105 (1943)
• Follett v. Town of McCormick · 321 U.S. 573 (1944)
• Hernandez v. Commissioner · 490 U.S. 680 (1989)
• Lemon v. Kurtzman · 403 U.S. 602 (1971)
• Walz v. Tax Comm'n of City of New York · 397 U.S. 664 (1970)
• Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation v. Secretary of Labor · 471 U.S. 290 (1985)
• Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock · 489 U.S. 1 (1989)
• Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co. v. Minnesota Commissioner of Revenue · 460 U.S. 575 (1983)
• Michigan v. Long · 463 U.S. 1032 (1983)
• Wisconsin v. Yoder · 406 U.S. 205 (1972)
• Sherbert v. Verner · 374 U.S. 398 (1963)
• Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division · 450 U.S. 707 (1981)
• Michigan v. Tyler · 436 U.S. 499 (1978)
• County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union · 492 U.S. 573 (1989)
• Grosjean v. American Press Co. · 297 U.S. 233 (1936)
• Martin v. City of Struthers · 319 U.S. 141 (1943)
• Bob Jones University v. United States · 461 U.S. 574 (1983)
• Bowen v. Kendrick · 487 U.S. 589 (1988)
• Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland · 481 U.S. 221 (1987)
• Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n of Fla. · 480 U.S. 136 (1987)
• Larkin v. Grendel's Den, Inc. · 459 U.S. 116 (1982)
• National Bellas Hess, Inc. v. Department of Revenue · 386 U.S. 753 (1967)
• Hathorn v. Lovorn · 457 U.S. 255 (1982)
• Aguilar v. Felton · 473 U.S. 402 (1985)
• National Geographic Society v. California Board of Equalization · 430 U.S. 551 (1977)
• Jones v. Opelika · 319 U.S. 103 (1943)
• Barr v. City of Columbia · 378 U.S. 146 (1964)

Cited by

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

• Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah · 508 U.S. 520 (1993)
• Freytag v. Commissioner · 501 U.S. 868 (1991)
• Leathers v. Medlock · 499 U.S. 439 (1991)

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