Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association (1988)

Authors

John R. Hermann, Trinity UniversityFollow

Document Type

Contribution to Book

Publication Date

2009

Abstract

In Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association, 485 U.S. 439 (1988), the Supreme Court held that the free exercise clause of the First Amendment does not prohibit the federal government from timber harvesting or constructing a road through a portion of a national forest that is considered a sacred religious site by three Native American tribes.

Editor

John R. Vile, David L. Hudson Jr., & David Schultz

Publisher

Congressional Quarterly Press

City

Washington, D.C.

ISBN

9780872893115

Repository Citation

Hermann, J. R. (2009). Lyng v. Northwest Indian cemetery protective association (1988). In J. R. Vile, D. L. Hudson Jr., & D. Schultz (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the first amendment (pp. 695). Congressional Quarterly Press.

Publication Information

Encyclopedia of the First Amendment