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GONZALES v. O CENTRO ESPIRITA BENEFICENTE UNIAO DO VEGETAL

No. 04-1084.

546 U.S. 418 (2006)

GONZALES, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ET AL. v. O CENTRO ESPIRITA BENEFICENTE UNIAO DO VEGETAL ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 21, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Katsas, Patricia A. Millett, Michael Jay Singer, and Matthew M. Collette.

Nancy Hollander argued the cause for respondents. With her on the brief were John W. Boyd and Zachary A. Ives.*

CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

A religious sect with origins in the Amazon Rainforest receives communion by drinking a sacramental tea, brewed from plants unique to the region, that contains a hallucinogen regulated under the Controlled Substances Act by the Federal Government. The Government concedes that this practice is a sincere exercise of religion, but nonetheless sought to prohibit the small...

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