Legal Opinion
Bloom v. School Committee of Springfield
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 20, 1978PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
The court is presented with the question whether a statute requiring school committees to loan textbooks to pupils attending private schools (sectarian and nonsectarian) offends against the provision of the Constitution of the Commonwealth which forbids the use of public money or property "for the purpose of founding, maintaining or aiding” such schools.
1. Statement. Thirteen taxable inhabitants of Springfield (see G. L. c. 40, § 53) sued the local school committee in the Superior Court for Hampden County seeking a declaration and eventual injunctive relief that would prevent the committee…
2Cases cited47 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 by28 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. School Committee of SpringfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Arno v. Alcoholic Beverages Control CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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