Legal Opinion
Engel v. Vitale
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 7, 1961PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge Desmond.
In 1951 and again in 1955 the Board of Regents, governing body of our State public school system, recommended to all local school boards that “ at the commencement of each school day the act of allegiance to the Flag might well be joined with this act of reverence to God: ‘ Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers and our Country ’ ’ ’. In 1958 the respondents, who are the board members of a public school district in Nassau County, conformed to the Regents’ recommendation and gave instructions to the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Church of the Holy Trinity v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Zorach v. ClausonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Matter of Carey v. MortonNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
3Cited by7 opinions
- Engel v. VitaleSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States Ex Rel. Laino v. Warden of Wallkill PrisonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1965
- New York State Ass'n for Retarded Children, Inc. v. CareyDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1979
- Chamberlin v. Dade County Bd. of Public InstructionSupreme Court of Florida · 1962
- Engel v. VitaleSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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