Legal Opinion
People v. Sandstrom
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 17, 1939PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Crane, Ch. J.
We must have before us the pertinent provisions of the Education Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 16) to understand this case. Section 712 of that law, as found in book 16 of McKinney’s Consolidated Laws of New York (Annotated), makes it the duty of the Commissioner of Education to prepare, for the use of public schools of the State, a program providing for a salute to the flag, for instruction in its correct use and display and such other patriotic exercises as may be deemed by him to be expedient.
In each school district of the State, each minor from seven to sixteen years of age shall…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Gitlow v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Davis v. BeasonSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Hamilton v. Regents of the University of CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
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3Cited by20 opinions
- La Rocca v. LaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Minersville School District v. GobitisSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Barnette v. West Virginia State Board of EducationDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1942
- Brown v. McGinnisNew York Court of Appeals · 1962
- Aguillard v. TreenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
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