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McDaniel v. Paty


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United States Supreme Court case







































McDaniel v. Paty

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Supreme Court of the United States

Argued December 5, 1977
Decided April 19, 1978
Full case name McDaniel v. Paty
Citations 435 U.S. 618 (more)
98 S. Ct. 1322; 55 L. Ed. 2d 593

Prior history
Paty v. McDaniel, 547 S.W.2d 897 (Tenn. 1977); probable jurisdiction noted, 432 U.S. 905 (1977).
Holding
A state law that forbade ordained ministers from elected office is unconstitutional.
Court membership

Chief Justice


Warren E. Burger

Associate Justices


William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Thurgood Marshall
Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr.
William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens

Case opinions
Plurality Burger, joined by Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens
Concurrence Brennan, joined by Marshall
Concurrence Stewart
Concurrence White
Blackmun took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

McDaniel v. Paty, 435 U.S. 618 (1978), was a United States Supreme Court case that struck down the last remaining state restriction against religious ministers holding elected office.



Background[edit]


McDaniel was a Baptist minister from Chattanooga, Tennessee. He filed as a candidate to be a delegate to the 1977 Tennessee State Constitutional Convention. His opponent successfully challenged his candidacy based on a state law that forbade ordained ministers from elected office.



Decision[edit]


The court ruled that the state law violated both the First and Fourteenth amendments.



External links[edit]


  • Text of McDaniel v. Paty, 435 U.S. 618 (1978) is available from:  Justia  Library of Congress  Oyez (oral argument audio) 














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