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Souter Announces Retirement From Supreme Court; Here Are His Religion Decisions

By Howard M. Friedman

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U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice David Souter sent a letter to President Obama today informing him that he plans to retire at the end of the Court term this year. President Obama delivered a statement (full text) in the White House briefing room praising Souter's service on the court. The Washington Post reports on developments.

Here is a list (with links) of the majority, concurring and dissenting opinions on church-state, religious freedom and religious discrimination issues that Justice Souter has written during his 19 years on the Court.

Majority opinions:

McCreary County v. ACLU, 545 U.S. 844 (2005).
Edelman v. Lynchburg College, 535 U.S. 106 (2002).
Board of Education of Kiryas Joel v. Grumet, 114 S. Ct. 2481 (1994).

Concurrences:

Pleasant Grove City v. Summum, 129 S. Ct. 1125 (2009).
Capitol Square Review & Advisory Board v. Pinette, 515 U.S. 753 (1995).
C hurch of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah, 508 U.S. 520 (1993).
International Society for Krishna Consciousness v. Lee, 505 U.S. 672 (1992).

Dissents:

Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, 551 U.S. 587 (2007).
Van Orden v. Perry, 545 U.S. 677 (2005).
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, 536 U.S. 639 (2002).
Good News Club v. Milford Central School, 533 U.S. 98 (2001).
Mitchell v. Helms, 530 U.S. 793 (2000).
Agostini v. Felton, 521 U.S. 203 (1997).
Rosenberger v. Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia, 515 U.S. 819 (1995).

(Please let me know of any omissions in the list.) [Updated.] [Thanks to Ed Elfrink for an addition.]

Full post as published by Religion Clause on May 01, 2009 (boomark / email).

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