Cruz v. Beto
1972 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the 1972 United States Supreme Court case. For the 2018 United States Senate election in Texas between Ted Cruz and Beto O'Rourke, see 2018 United States Senate election in Texas.
Cruz v. Beto, 405 U.S. 319 (1972), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court upheld a Free Exercise claim based on the allegations that the state of Texas had discriminated against a Buddhist prisoner by "denying him a reasonable opportunity to pursue his Buddhist faith comparable to that offered other prisoners adhering to conventional religious precepts."
Quick Facts Cruz v. Beto, Decided March 20, 1972 ...
Cruz v. Beto | |
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Decided March 20, 1972 | |
Full case name | Cruz v. Beto, Corrections Director |
Citations | 405 U.S. 319 (more) 92 S. Ct. 1079; 31 L. Ed. 2d 263 |
Holding | |
Cruz cannot be denied a reasonable opportunity of pursuing his faith comparable to the opportunity afforded fellow prisoners who adhere to conventional religious precepts. Texas has violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments. | |
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Concurrence | Burger |
Concurrence | Blackmun |
Dissent | Rehnquist |
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