Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah

The church said in April 1987 it would practise openly; Hialeah's council met in emergency session on 9 June 1987. In 1993 all nine justices struck the ordinances down.

Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah, 508 U.S. 520 (11 June 1993)

1993 US Supreme Court ruling striking down Hialeah's bans on Santería animal sacrifice.

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Supreme Court of the United States (Kennedy J.), Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah, 508 U.S. 520, 1993, Part I-AThe Court's summary of Santería teaching that the orishas depend on sacrifice.
They depend for survival on the sacrifice.