Goldman v. Weinberger

Goldman v. Weinberger
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 14, 1986 Decided March 25, 1986
Full case name	S. Simcha Goldman v. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense, et al.
Citations	475 U.S. 503 (more) 106 S. Ct. 1310; 89 L. Ed. 2d 478; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 34; 54 U.S.L.W. 4298; 40 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 543; 39 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) ¶ 35,947
Holding
The Free Exercise Clause does not protect religious apparel from military uniform regulations.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinions
Majority	Rehnquist, joined by Burger, White, Powell, Stevens
Concurrence	Stevens, joined by White, Powell
Dissent	Brennan, joined by Marshall
Dissent	Blackmun
Dissent	O'Connor, joined by Marshall
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. I
Superseded by
National Defense Authorization Act of 1988

Goldman v. Weinberger, 475 U.S. 503 (1986), was a United States Supreme Court case in which a Jewish Air Force officer was denied the right to wear a yarmulke when in uniform on the grounds that the Free Exercise Clause applies less strictly to the military than to ordinary citizens.