Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Ass'n

ELR Citation: ELR 21043
No(s). 86-1013 (U.S. Apr 19, 1988)

The Court holds that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment does not prohibit the federal government from permitting timber harvesting or constructing roads in the Six Rivers National Forest in California, even where these activities will interfere with native American Indian religious ritu...