Peyote Way Church of God, Inc. v. Thornburgh
US Supreme Court case denying general religious use of peyote / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Peyote Way Church of God, Inc. v. Thornburgh was a court case decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in which the Peyote Way Church of God challenged an exemption in the Controlled Substances Act that permitted members of the Native American Church to use peyote in religious ceremonies while not giving the same exemption to members of other churches. The court ruled that the exemption was primarily a political rather than a religious one and that all of Peyote Way's claims were without merit.
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Peyote Way Church of God, Inc. v. Thornburgh | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Full case name | Peyote Way Church of God, Inc. v. Thornburgh |
Decided | February 6 1991 |
Citation(s) | 922 F.2d 1210 |
Holding | |
Peyote Way's constitutional claims were dismissed. | |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | Charles Clark, Thomas Morrow Reavley, Carolyn Dineen King |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Reavley, joined by King |
Dissent | Clark |
Laws applied | |
Commerce Clause, Due Process Clause, Establishment Clause, Equal Protection Clause, Free Exercise Clause, Controlled Substances Act |
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