Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. 145, the Supreme Court of the United States' own 1878 opinion upholding a federal bigamy conviction against a First Amendment free exercise challenge, is a primary legal document, the court's actual ruling rather than commentary on it. Its authority is that of the nation's highest court deciding the specific question before it. Its limit is that it is the opinion as issued in 1878, reflecting the constitutional reasoning of that era; later free exercise case law has developed considerably since, so a claim about the doctrine's current state needs a source that accounts for that later development.
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Tier one: the Supreme Court of the United States' own opinion in Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. 145 (1879), a primary legal record of the court's decision on the free exercise claim before it. NotesThe Supreme Court of the United States' own opinion in Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. 145 (1879); the court's decision on the free exercise claim before it, unanimous under Chief Justice Waite, not a historical or religious-studies account of the underlying prosecution. Tier 1: a primary legal record.
Citation
AuthorSupreme Court of the United States
Publication Year1879
URLhttps://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/98/145/
Source Typelegal
Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)
This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 12 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Religious Events, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.
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