Ramirez v. Collier

Ramirez v. Collier
Argued November 9, 2021
Decided March 24, 2022
Full case nameJohn H. Ramirez v. Bryan Collier, Executive Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, et al.
Docket no.21-5592
Citations595 U.S. ___ (more)
ArgumentOral argument
Case history
PriorCase 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
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Clarence Thomas · Stephen Breyer
Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor
Elena Kagan · Neil Gorsuch
Brett Kavanaugh · Amy Coney Barrett
Case opinions
MajorityRoberts, joined by Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett
ConcurrenceSotomayor
ConcurrenceKavanaugh
DissentThomas
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.