Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Assn.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1988-04-19

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Justice O’Connor delivered the opinion of the Court. This case requires us to consider whether the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause prohibits the Government from permitting timber harvesting in, or constructing a road through, a portion of a National Forest that has tradi *442 tionally been used for religious purposes by members of three American Ind…

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