Ramirez v. Collier

Decided March 24, 2022. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 21-5592 · 595 U.S. 411 (2022) · Cited 161 times

Holding

Petitioner Ramirez is likely to succeed on his claims under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 because Texas’s restrictions on religious touch and audible prayer in the execution chamber burden religious exercise and are not the least restrictive means of furthering the State’s compelling interests.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

“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).

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.

• Woodford v. Ngo · 548 U.S. 81 (2006)
• Hill v. McDonough · 547 U.S. 573 (2006)
• Ross v. Blake · 578 U.S. 632 (2016)
• Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 555 U.S. 7 (2008)
• Gomez v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California · 503 U.S. 653 (1992)
• Jones v. Bock · 549 U.S. 199 (2007)
• Cutter v. Wilkinson · 544 U.S. 709 (2005)
• Keystone Driller Co. v. General Excavator Co. · 290 U.S. 240 (1933)
• Rhines v. Weber · 544 U.S. 269 (2005)
• Sanders v. United States · 373 U.S. 1 (1963)
• Calderon v. Thompson · 523 U.S. 538 (1998)
• Woodard v. Hutchins · 464 U.S. 377 (1984)
• Slack v. McDaniel · 529 U.S. 473 (2000)
• Porter v. Nussle · 534 U.S. 516 (2002)
• Booth v. Churner · 532 U.S. 731 (2001)
• Nken v. Holder · 556 U.S. 418 (2009)
• Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. Smith · 494 U.S. 872 (1990)
• Mazurek v. Armstrong · 520 U.S. 968 (1997)
• City of Boerne v. Flores · 521 U.S. 507 (1997)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita Beneficente União Do Vegetal · 546 U.S. 418 (2006)
• Republican Party of Minnesota v. White · 536 U.S. 765 (2002)
• Follett v. Town of McCormick · 321 U.S. 573 (1944)
• Ryan v. Valencia Gonzales · 568 U.S. 57 (2013)

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