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Americans United for Separation of Church & State v. Benton
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided January 26, 1976No. Civ. 75-213-2PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs in this action 1 are a combination of individual citizen taxpayers and organizations who join in asserting that the June 6,1975, amendments to chapter 285 of the Iowa Code violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Plaintiffs seek to permanently enjoin the allocation or use of any public funds to implement the school transportation program pursuant to the chapter 285 amendments. These amendments, it is alleged, are unconstitutional in that they allow for the transportation, without charge to the students, of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Springfield School District v. Department of EducationSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- State Ex Rel. Bouc v. School District of LincolnNebraska Supreme Court · 1982
- Members of the Jamestown School Committee v. SchmidtDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1977
- Minnesota Civil Liberties Union v. RoemerDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1978
- School District v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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