Dettmer v. Landon

Dettmer v. Landon
Court	United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Full case name	Herbert Daniel Dettmer v. Robert Landon, Director of Corrections
Decided	September 4, 1986
Citation(s)	799 F.2d 929 (4th Cir. 1986)
Case history
Prior history	617 F. Supp. 592 (E.D. Va. 1985)
Court membership
Judge(s) sitting	Donald S. Russell Francis Dominic Murnaghan Jr. John D. Butzner Jr.
Case opinions
Majority	Butzner, joined by a unanimous court

Dettmer v. Landon, 799 F.2d 929 (4th Cir. 1986),^[1] is a court case in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that although Wicca is a religion, it was not a violation of the First Amendment to deny a prisoner access to ritual objects.