Cantwell v. Connecticut
1940 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cantwell v. Connecticut, 310 U.S. 296 (1940), is a landmark court decision[1][2] by the United States Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment's federal protection of religious free exercise incorporates via the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and so applies to state governments too.[3]
Quick Facts Cantwell v. Connecticut, Argued March 29, 1940 Decided May 20, 1940 ...
Cantwell v. Connecticut | |
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Argued March 29, 1940 Decided May 20, 1940 | |
Full case name | Newton Cantwell, et al. v. State of Connecticut |
Citations | 310 U.S. 296 (more) |
Case history | |
Prior | 126 Conn. 1, 8 A.2d 533; cert. granted, 309 U.S. 626 (1940). |
Subsequent | None |
Holding | |
The Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment is incorporated against the states by the Fourteenth Amendment. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Roberts, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amends. I, XIV |
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This decision has been described by legal scholars as one of the pivotal religious liberty cases decided between 1938 and 1946 that strengthened the First Amendment protection of religious liberty and "ushered in a new era of personal liberty protections for all Americans."[4]