United States Eleventh Circuit

Section 3 of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, which requires state prisons that receive federal funds to refrain from burdening the religious exercise of prisoners, was validly enacted under the Spending Clause and does not violate either the Establishment Clause or the Tenth Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/02/2004
• Published 12/02/2004

Judges

• PRYOR, Circuit Judge:, Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and PRYOR and FAY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gene C. Schaerr, Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, Mark B. Stern, Dept. of Justice, Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Todd R. Marti, Columbus, OH, for Religious and Civil Liberties Organizations, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Devon Orland, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellants., Derek L. Gaubatz, Anthony R. Picarello, Jr., Eric C. Rassbach, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Michael S. Raab, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee.