Legal Opinion
Commissioner of Education v. School Committee of Leyden
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 2, 1971PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
The commissioner’s bill seeks to enjoin f,he school committee from putting into effect a resolution adopted on August 21, 1969, 1 and “from permitting . . . Bible reading or prayer in the . . . [Leyden] public schools.” The matter is before us on a case stated, summarized below, upon which it is our duty 2 to order the correct decree. See Saphier v. Devonshire St. Fund, Inc. 352 Mass. 683, 684; Nasis v. American Motorists Ins. Co. 353 Mass. 219, 221.
After reciting the resolution (fn. 1) the case stated sets forth that, prior to the opening of school for the academic year 1969-1970, the school…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- 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
- Epperson v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Kent v. Commissioner of EducationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980