Legal Opinion
Minnesota Civil Liberties Union v. Roemer
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided June 19, 1978No. Civ. 3-76-167PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Before HEANEY, Circuit Judge, DEV-ITT, Chief District Judge, and ALSOP, District Judge. DEVITT, Chief District Judge.
The basic issue in this declaratory judgment action is whether a Minnesota law permitting parents of students attending public and private schools to claim up to $700.00 a year of the expense as a deduction of their state income tax return has the primary effect of advancing religion in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. We find that it does not.
The law in question was enacted in 1955, Laws 1955,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Walz v. Tax Comm'n of City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty v. NyquistSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Board of Ed. of Central School Dist. No. 1 v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Hibbs v. WinnSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Mueller v. AllenDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1981
- Rhode Island Federation of Teachers, Afl-Cio v. John H. NorbergCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- Public Funds for Public Schools v. ByrneCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- Rhode Island Federation of Teachers v. NorbergDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1979
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