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Sossamon Vs. Texas

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Mar 22, 2011

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  2. Alden Vs. Maine US Supreme Court · Mar 31, 1999
  3. City of Boerne Vs. Flores US Supreme Court · Feb 19, 1997
  4. Sherbert Vs. Verner US Supreme Court · Jun 17, 1963
  5. West Vs. Gibson US Supreme Court · Jun 14, 1999
  6. Syllabus October Term, 2010 Sossamon V. Texas
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  7. of the Fourteenth Amendment, see City of Boerne v. Flores
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  8. an important constitutional limitation on the power of the federal courts. See Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman
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  9. U. S. 44 , 54. A State, however, may choose to waive its immunity. Clark v. Barnard
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  10. College Savings Bank v. Florida
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  11. in Franklin v. Gwinnett
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  12. County Public Schools , 503 U. S. 60 , and Barnes v. Gorman
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  13. in which Breyer, J., joined. Kagan, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. Sossamon v. Texas
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  14. Opinion of the Court Sossamon V. Texas
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  15. Supreme Court of the United States No. 08-1438 Harvey Leroy Sossamon, III, Petitioner V. Texas
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  16. s decision in Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith
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  17. restore the compelling interest test as set forth in Sherbert v. Verner
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  18. U. S. 398 (1963) and Wisconsin v. Yoder
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  19. b)(1). See generally Gonzales v. O Centro
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  20. but RLUIPA is less sweeping in scope. See Cutter v. Wilkinson
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  21. s history, the people responded swiftly to reiterate that fundamental principle. See Hans v. Louisiana
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  22. U. S. 1 , 11 (1890) (discussing Chisholm v. Georgia
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  23. n. 7 (collecting cases). A State, however, may choose to waive its immunity in federal court at its pleasure. Clark v. Barnard
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  24. see Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon
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  25. cf. United States v. Nordic
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  26. Hoffman v. Connecticut
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  27. Indeed, both the Court and dissent appeared to agree in West v. Gibson
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  28. including one preserving immunity, we will not consider a State to have waived its sovereign immunity. See Dellmuth v. Muth
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  29. County Public Schools , 503 U. S. 60 (1992), and Barnes v. Gorman
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  30. Lynch v. United
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  31. has specifically considered state sovereign immunity and has intentionally legislated on the matter. Cf. Spector v. Norwegian
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  32. Washington State Dept. of Social and Health Servs. v. Guardianship
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  33. scheduled worship services in the chapel subject to certain safety precautions. Footnote 3 Compare Madison v. Virginia
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  34. Cardinal v. Metrish
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  35. Nelson v. Miller
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  36. Van Wyhe v. Reisch
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  37. and Holley v. California
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  38. Dept. of Corrections , 599 F. 3d 1108, 1112 (CA9 2010), with Smith v. Allen
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  39. F. 3d 1255, 1276, n. 12 (CA11 2007) (citing Benning v. Georgia
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  40. applies to the sovereign immunity of the States as well. Cf. United States v. Nordic
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  41. Belknap v. Schild
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  42. cf. Webman v. Federal
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  43. under RLUIPA. See, e.g. , Tinsley v. Pittari
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  44. Commack Self-Service Kosher Meats Inc. v. New
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  45. rule that waiver of sovereign immunity must be unequivocally expressed and strictly construed. Sossamon v. Texas
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  46. Sotomayor, J., Dissenting Sossamon V. Texas
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  47. See Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman
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  48. Clark v. Barnard
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  49. Franklin v. Gwinnett
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  50. and Barnes v. Gorman
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