Legal Opinion
Found v. Morris Cnty. Bd. of Chosen Freeholders
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided April 18, 2018No. A–71 September Term 2016; 079277PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rabner
*994**547From 2012 to 2015, Morris County awarded $4.6 million in taxpayer funds to repair twelve churches, as part of a historic preservation program. This appeal raises two questions: whether the grant program violated the Religious Aid Clause of the New Jersey Constitution and, if so, whether the Religious Aid Clause conflicts with the Free Exercise Clause of the United States Constitution.
The Religious Aid Clause has been a part of New Jersey's history since the 1776 Constitution. The clause guarantees that "[n]o person shall ... be obliged to pay ... taxes ... for building or repairing any…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Agostini v. FeltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of HialeahSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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