McDaniel v. Paty

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McDaniel v. Paty
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 5, 1977 Decided April 19, 1978
Full case name	McDaniel v. Paty
Citations	435 U.S. 618 (more) 98 S. Ct. 1322; 55 L. Ed. 2d 593
Case history
Prior	Paty v. McDaniel, 547 S.W.2d 897 (Tenn. 1977); probable jurisdiction noted, 432 U.S. 905 (1977).
Holding
A state law that forbade ordained ministers from elected office is unconstitutional under the Free Exercise Clause.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr. William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinions
Plurality	Burger, joined by Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens
Concurrence	Brennan (in judgment), joined by Marshall
Concurrence	Stewart (in judgment)
Concurrence	White (in judgment)
Blackmun took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amends. I

McDaniel v. Paty, 435 U.S. 618 (1978), was a United States Supreme Court case that struck down the last remaining state restriction against religious ministers holding elected office.