Tanzin v. Tanvir

·2020

What the Court Decided

The Supreme Court held 8-0 that RFRA permits suits for money damages against federal officials in their individual capacities, based on the text authorizing 'appropriate relief against a government' defined to include officials.

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Cited In

Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety

2025 Term · 23-1197

Held unanimously that RFRA's identical 'appropriate relief against a government' language authorizes individual capacity damages suits against federal officials. Petitioner argues RLUIPA must be read the same way as its 'sister statute.'