Sherbert v. School Dist. 85, Spartanburg Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries. The undisputed facts, briefly stated, are that the defendant, one of the school districts of Spartanburg County, was without a school for white children in 1930, all such pupils living in the district being- transported by it by motor bus to a school at Enoree, S. C. The plaintiff, at the time he received his injuries, was about nine years old and a resident of defendant district. On the morning of the accident, he was taken on the bus at the usual place on its route and, with…