Lemon v. Kurtzman
Significance, Supreme Court Establishes The Lemon Test, Further Readings
Appellant
Alton J. Lemon
Appellee
David H. Kurtzman, Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Appellant's Claim
That state payment of teachers of secular subjects in parochial schools violates the First Amendment mandate of separation of church and state.
Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Henry W. Sawyer III
Chief Lawyer for Appellee
J. Shane Creamer
Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Warren E. Burger (writing for the Court), William O. Douglas, John Marshall Harlan II, Potter Stewart, Byron R. White
Justices Dissenting
None (Thurgood Marshall did not participate)
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
28 June 1971
Decision
The Supreme Court struck down the state laws enabling such payments.
Related Cases
- Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 (1947).
- McCollum v. Board of Education for District 71, 333 U.S. 203 (1948).
- Abington School District v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963).
- Board of Education v. Allen, 392 U.S. 236 (1968).
- Aguilar v. Felton, 473 U.S. 402 (1985).
- Agostini v. Felton, 117 S. Ct. 1997 (1997).
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