Home > Great American Court Cases > Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah

Legal Citation: 508 U.S. 520 (1993)

Petitioner
Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc.

Respondent
City of Hialeah

Petitioner's Claim
Animal sacrifices should be allowed in rituals of religion.

Chief Lawyers for Petitioner
Douglas Laycock, Jeanne Baker, Steven R. Shapiro, Jorge A. Duarte

Chief Lawyers for Respondent
Richard G. Garrett, Stuart H. Singer, Steven M. Goldsmith

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Anthony M. Kennedy (writing for the Court), Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, David H. Souter, John Paul Stevens, Clarence Thomas, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
11 June 1993

Decision
Religious sacrifices are allowable.

Significance
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