Jon B. Cutter, et al. v. Reginald Wilkinson, Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, et al.

Decided May 31, 2005. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 03-9877 · 544 U.S. 709 (2005) · Cited 1,462 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.

• Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Amos · 483 U.S. 327 (1987)
• Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. Smith · 494 U.S. 872 (1990)
• Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow · 542 U.S. 1 (2004)
• Lemon v. Kurtzman · 403 U.S. 602 (1971)
• Board of Ed. of Kiryas Joel Village School Dist. v. Grumet · 512 U.S. 687 (1994)
• City of Boerne v. Flores · 521 U.S. 507 (1997)
• Locke v. Davey · 540 U.S. 712 (2004)
• Walz v. Tax Comm'n of City of New York · 397 U.S. 664 (1970)
• Lee v. Weisman · 505 U.S. 577 (1992)
• Goldman v. Weinberger · 475 U.S. 503 (1986)
• Estate of Thornton v. Caldor, Inc. · 472 U.S. 703 (1985)
• Wallace v. Jaffree · 472 U.S. 38 (1985)
• Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n of Fla. · 480 U.S. 136 (1987)
• United States v. Booker · 543 U.S. 220 (2005)
• Turner v. Safley · 482 U.S. 78 (1987)
• United States v. Salerno · 481 U.S. 739 (1987)
• United States v. Lopez · 514 U.S. 549 (1995)
• Sherbert v. Verner · 374 U.S. 398 (1963)
• Steffel v. Thompson · 415 U.S. 452 (1974)
• Rosenberger v. Rector & Visitors of University of Virginia · 515 U.S. 819 (1995)
• United States v. Seeger · 380 U.S. 163 (1965)
• Grutter v. Bollinger · 539 U.S. 306 (2003)
• Gillette v. United States · 401 U.S. 437 (1971)
• Good News Club v. Milford Central School · 533 U.S. 98 (2001)
• U. S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton · 514 U.S. 779 (1995)
• Sabri v. United States · 541 U.S. 600 (2004)
• United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative · 532 U.S. 483 (2001)
• Zelman v. Simmons-Harris · 536 U.S. 639 (2002)
• F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. v. Empagran S. A. · 542 U.S. 155 (2004)

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• Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates, Inc. · 581 U.S. 433 (2017)
• Gonzales v. Carhart · 550 U.S. 124 (2007)
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• Timbs v. Indiana · 586 U.S. 146 (2019)
• Van Orden v. Perry · 545 U.S. 677 (2005)
• Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. Linkline Communications, Inc. · 555 U.S. 438 (2009)
• Town of Greece v. Galloway · 572 U.S. 565 (2014)
• United States v. Stitt · 586 U.S. 27 (2018)
• Ramirez v. Collier · 595 U.S. 411 (2022)
• Andrus v. Texas · 590 U.S. 806 (2020)
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• Moore v. Texas · 586 U.S. 133 (2019)
• Johnson v. Arteaga-Martinez · 596 U.S. 573 (2022)
• Herrera v. Wyoming · 587 U.S. 329 (2019)
• Mont v. United States · 587 U.S. 514 (2019)
• McWilliams v. Dunn · 582 U.S. 183 (2017)
• American Legion v. American Humanist Assn. · 588 U.S. 29 (2019)
• Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer · 582 U.S. 449 (2017)
• United States v. Haymond · 588 U.S. 634 (2019)
• Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita Beneficente União Do Vegetal · 546 U.S. 418 (2006)
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• Brownback v. King · 592 U.S. 209 (2021)

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