CHURCH OF LUKUMI BABALU AYE, INC. v. CITY OF HIALEAH

No. 91-948.

508 U.S. 520 (1993)

CHURCH OF THE LUKUMI BABALU AYE, INC., ET AL. v. CITY OF HIALEAH

United States Supreme Court.

Decided June 11, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Laycock argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Jeanne Baker, Steven R. Shapiro, and Jorge A. Duarte.

Richard G. Garrett argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Stuart H. Singer and Steven M. Goldsmith.*

Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, III, and IV, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and White, Stevens, Scalia, Souter, and Thomas, JJ., joined, the opinion of the Court with respect to Part II—B, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and White, Stevens, Scalia, and Thomas, JJ., joined, the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts II—A-1 and II—A-3, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Stevens, Scalia, and Thomas, JJ., joined, and an opinion with respect to Part II—A-2, in which Stevens, J., joined. Scalia, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Rehnquist, C. J., joined, p. 557. Souter, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, p. 559. Blackmun, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which O'Connor, J., joined, p. 577.


Justice Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court, except as to Part II—A-2.

The principle that government may not enact laws that suppress religious belief or practice is so well understood that few violations are recorded in our opinions. Cf. McDaniel v. Paty, 435 U.S. 618 (1978); Fowler v. Rhode Island, 345 U.S. 67 (1953). Concerned...

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