Legal Opinion
Zorach v. Clauson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 28, 1952No. 431PublishedCited by 825 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
New York City has a program which permits its public schools to release students during the school day so that they may leave the school buildings and school grounds and go to religious centers for religious instruction or devotional exercises. A student is released on written request of his parents. Those not released stay in the classrooms. The churches make weekly reports to the schools, sending a list of children who have been released from public school but who have not reported for religious instruction.1
This “released time” program involves neither religious instruction in public…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Stromberg v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Murdock v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Illinois Ex Rel. McCollum v. Board of Ed. of School Dist. No. 71, Champaign Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by825 opinions
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Agostini v. FeltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Abington School Dist. v. SchemppSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Walz v. Tax Comm'n of City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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