Minersville v. Gobitis
Title
Description
"The requirement of participation by pupils in public schools in the ceremony of saluting the national flag does not, in the case of a pupil who refuses participation upon sincere religious grounds, infringe, without due process of law, the liberty guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment."
Case summary: "Students' father brought suit on their behalf after the students were expelled for refusing to participate in a flag salute ceremony at school. The father maintained that the students' religious beliefs as Jehovah's witnesses did not permit them to participate in the flagsalute ceremony. On review, the Court framed the issue as whether the requirement that the students participate in the ceremony, where their refusal to participate was based on religious grounds, infringed the due process right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment of the federal constitution."
Case summary: "Students' father brought suit on their behalf after the students were expelled for refusing to participate in a flag salute ceremony at school. The father maintained that the students' religious beliefs as Jehovah's witnesses did not permit them to participate in the flagsalute ceremony. On review, the Court framed the issue as whether the requirement that the students participate in the ceremony, where their refusal to participate was based on religious grounds, infringed the due process right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment of the federal constitution."
Date
1940-02-03
Type
Court Case
Source
MINERSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL. v. GOBITIS ET AL. (June 3, 1940) https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/310/586/case.html