Tanzin v. Tanvir
U.S. Supreme Court · decided December 10, 2020 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- December 10, 2020
- Term
- October Term 2020
- Vote
- 8–0
- Majority author
- Justice Thomas
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2020 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus TANZIN ET AL. v. TANVIR ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT No. 19–71. Argued October 6, 2020—Decided December 10, 2020 The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) was enacted in the wake of Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. Smith, 494 U. S. 872 , to provide a remedy to redress Federal Govern- ment violations of the right to free exercise under the First Amend- ment. Respondents are practicing Muslims who sued under RFRA, claiming that federal agents placed them on the No Fly List for refus- ing to act as informants against their religious communities. They sought injunctive relief against the agents in their official capacities and monetary damages against the agents in their individual capaci- ties. As relevant here, the District Court found that RFRA does not permit monetary relief and dismissed their individual-capacity claims. The Second Circuit…
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