Legal Opinion
Pierce v. Society of Sisters
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 1, 1925No. 583, 584PublishedCited by 2,666 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
delivered the. opinion of the Court.
These appeals are from decrees, based upon undenied allegations, which granted preliminary orders restraining appellants .from threatening or attempting to enforce the Compulsory Education Act * adopted November 7, 1922, under the initiative provision of her Constitution by the voters of Oregon. Jud. Code, § 266. They present the same points of law; there are no controverted questions of fact. Rights said to be guaranteed by the federal Constitution were specially set up, and appropriate prayers asked for their protection.
The challenged Act, effective…
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