Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru
Decided July 8, 2020. Samuel A. Alito Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 19-267 · 591 U.S. ___ (2020)
Holding
The First Amendment’s Religion Clauses foreclose the adjudication of the employment-discrimination claims of Catholic school teachers Morrissey-Berru and Biel.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 7
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Clarence Thomas · filed a concurring opinion
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr. · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Elena Kagan
- Neil M. Gorsuch
- Brett M. Kavanaugh
- Stephen G. Breyer
Dissenting · 2
- Sonia Sotomayor · filed a dissenting opinion
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).
Official text
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