Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate November 30, 1987
gptkbp:category 1988 in United States case law
Native American case law
gptkbp:citation 485 U.S. 439
gptkbp:date April 19, 1988
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkb:William_Brennan
gptkbp:docketNumber 86-1013
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Lyng,_Secretary_of_Agriculture,_et_al._v._Northwest_Indian_Cemetery_Protective_Association_et_al.
gptkbp:heldBy Government action that has incidental effects on religious practices does not violate the Free Exercise Clause if it does not coerce individuals to act contrary to their beliefs.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association
gptkbp:legalSubject gptkb:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkb:Free_Exercise_Clause
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:Byron_White
gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkb:William_Rehnquist
gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkbp:numberOfIssues Whether the construction of a road through sacred Native American land violated the Free Exercise Clause.
gptkbp:predecessor subsequent Free Exercise Clause cases
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:California
gptkb:U.S._Forest_Service
gptkb:Six_Rivers_National_Forest
gptkb:Karuk_Tribe
gptkb:Tolowa_Tribe
gptkb:Yurok_Tribe
Native American religious practices
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:484_U.S._260_(1988)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7