Legal Opinion
Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty v. Nyquist
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 2, 1972No. 72 Civ. 2286PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GURFEIN, District Judge:
We are again confronted with the question of the constitutionality of an Act of the New York Legislature relating to nonpublic schools, the children who attend them, and their parents. The plaintiffs are an unincorporated association and individuals who are residents of the State of New York and who pay income taxes and other taxes to that State. Some of the plaintiffs have children attending public schools. The defendants are the Commissioner of Education, the Comptroller and the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance of the State of New York.1
Jurisdiction is alleged…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Boddie v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Aguilar v. FeltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Kosydar v. WolmanDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1972
- Members of the Jamestown School Committee v. SchmidtDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1977
- Americans United for Separation of Church & State v. BentonDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1976
- Simmons-Harris v. ZelmanDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1999
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