Protestants & Other Americans United for Separation of Church & State v. Essex

This case presents the question of whether R. C. 3317.06(H), as effective between December 1, 1967, and August 18, 1969, is a “law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, and so in conflict with the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the [United States] Constitution.” Board of Edn. v. Allen (1968), 392 U. S. 236, 238, 20 L. Ed. 2d 1060, 88 S. Ct. 1923. Further, we are called upon to decide whether that statute grants “* * # any exclusive right to, or control of, any part of the school funds of this state,” to a religious or other sect as is…