Schempp v. School District of Abington Township

On September 17, 1959 we entered a judgment declaring unconstitutional Section 1516 of' the Pennsylvania Public School Code of March 10, 1949 as amended, 24 P.S. § 15-1516. See D.C.1959, 177 F.Supp. 398. On November 12, 1959 the defendants appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States. On December 23, 1959 they filed a motion in this court pursuant to Rule 60(b), Fed.R.Civ. Proc., 28 U.S.C., for relief from the judgment entered following our opinion in this ease. The motion was based on the fact that Act No. 700 of the Laws of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, passed at the Session…