Unique ruling authority

Goldman v. Weinberger

475 U.S. 503 · U.S. Supreme Court

Stable case ID: case:goldman-weinberger-1986
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision date: 1986
Authority level: U.S. Supreme Court
Precedential status: historical limiting authority; statutory response required
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Holding and boundaries

Upheld an Air Force uniform rule that prohibited an officer from wearing a yarmulke while in uniform under highly deferential review.

Scope and limitations: Congress later enacted statutory accommodation; current DoD policy and later religious-liberty law materially affect present analysis.

Open authoritative source

1 issue placement

disconfirmatory · Direct

Racial & Religious Minority Military Service

Goldman v. Weinberger rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Racial & Religious Minority Military Service. Fit tier: Direct. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.

Scope and limitations: Congress later enacted statutory accommodation; current DoD policy and later religious-liberty law materially affect present analysis.

Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Publication and provenance

The authority is published once; issue-specific orientation and fit remain separate placements. Analogue, contextual, and historical-adverse fits are not represented as controlling.

Published under research-publication-clearance-2026-07-21. deterministic validation and objective verification are not claimed.