Ramirez v. Collier | |
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Argued November 9, 2021 Decided March 24, 2022 | |
Full case name | John H. Ramirez v. Bryan Collier, Executive Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, et al. |
Docket no. | 21-5592 |
Citations | 595 U.S. ___ (more) |
Argument | Oral argument |
Case history | |
Prior | Case No. 21-70004 (Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals) |
Holding | |
A Texas prison execution protocol banning all spiritual and religious advisors from being in an execution chamber, or touching a prisoner, during an execution is likely to violate the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act's religious protections. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Roberts, joined by Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett |
Concurrence | Sotomayor |
Concurrence | Kavanaugh |
Dissent | Thomas |
Laws applied | |
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act |
Ramirez v. Collier, 595 U.S. ___ (2022), is a United States Supreme Court case related to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.