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Wisconsin v. Yoder 406 U.S. 205 (1972)
WISCONSIN v. YODER 406 U.S. 205 (1972)
Wisconsin's school-leaving age was sixteen. Members of the Old Order Amish religion declined, on religious grounds, to send their children to school beyond the eighth grade. Wisconsin chose to force the issue, and counsel for the Amish defendants replied that while the requirement might be valid as to others, the free exercise clause of the first amendment required exemption in the case of the Amish.
Chief Justice warren e. burger, speaking for the Supreme Court, was much impressed by the Amish way of life. He rejected Wisconsin's argument that belief but not action was protected by the free exercise clause, and cited sherbert v. …
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