Legal Opinion
Vermont Educational Buildings Financing Agency v. Mann
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided October 1, 1968No. 140PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, C.J.
This appeal by the defendant, from a declaratory decree in chancery, challenges the validity of the Educational Building Financing Act of 1966 (S) No. 56; 16 V.S.A. §§3851-3862. The Court is called upon to review three questions which engage provisions of both State and Federal Constitutions.
1. Does the enactment serve a public, as distinguished from a private purpose?
2. Does the act constitute an unlawful delegation of power to a subordinate agency of the State?
*2643. Does the assistance contemplated by the statute, when extended to a church related college, offend the First Amendment, as applied…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Abington School Dist. v. SchemppSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Board of Ed. of Central School Dist. No. 1 v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bradfield v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Cochran v. Louisiana State Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Nohrr v. Brevard County Educational Fac. Auth.Supreme Court of Florida · 1971
- California Educational Facilities Authority v. PriestCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
- Brigham v. StateSupreme Court of Vermont · 1997
- Chittenden Town School District v. Department of EducationSupreme Court of Vermont · 1999
- State v. DeLaBruereSupreme Court of Vermont · 1990
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