Legal Opinion
Meyer v. Nebraska
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 4, 1923No. 325PublishedCited by 2,959 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
Plaintiff in error was tried and convicted in the District Court for Hamilton County, Nebraska, under an information which charged that on May 25, 1920, while an instructor in Zion Parochial School, he unlawfully taught the subject of reading in the German language to Raymond Parpart, a child of ten years, who had. not attained and successfully passed the eighth grade. The information is based upon “An act relating to the teaching of foreign languages in the State of Nebraska,” approved April 9, 1919, which follows [Laws 1919, c. 249.]:
“ Section 1. No person, individually or as a teacher,…
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