Ramirez v. Collier
| Ramirez v. Collier | |
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| Argued November 9, 2021 Decided March 24, 2022 | |
| Full case name | John H. Ramirez v. Bryan Collier, Executive Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, et al. |
| Docket no. | 21-5592 |
| Citations | 595 U.S. 411 (more) |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Case No. 21-70004 (Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals) |
| Holding | |
| A Texas prison execution protocol banning all spiritual and religious advisors from being in an execution chamber, or touching a prisoner, during an execution is likely to violate the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act's religious protections. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Roberts, joined by Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett |
| Concurrence | Sotomayor |
| Concurrence | Kavanaugh |
| Dissent | Thomas |
| Laws applied | |
| Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act | |
Ramirez v. Collier, 595 U.S. 411 (2022), is a United States Supreme Court case related to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.