Legal Opinion
Flast v. Gardner
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 16, 1967No. 66 Civ. 4102PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYS, Circuit Judge:
This is an action to enjoin the defendants from using federal funds to finance guidance services and instruction in reading, arithmetic and other subjects in religiously operated schools, and to prevent the expenditure of federal funds for the purchase of textbooks and other instructional materials for use in such schools. It is alleged that defendants are using federal funds for these purposes *2in administering Titles I and II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. §§ 241a-241I, 821-827 (Supp. I, 1965).
Plaintiffs requested that a three-judge court…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Abington School Dist. v. SchemppSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Massachusetts v. MellonSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Bulluck v. WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Reservists Committee to Stop War v. LairdDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1971
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