Legal Opinion
Lawrence v. Buchmueller
New York Supreme Court
Decided September 16, 1963PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHugh S. Coyle, J.
This is an action by a number of parents whose children attend public schools maintained by the Board of Education of Union Free School District No. 7, at Hartsdale, New York, for a declaration that said board has no legal or constitutional authority to permit the erection or display on school premises or property of any and all symbols of any deity or semideity belonging to any and all religions. The action was prompted by the Board of Education’s authorization to a group of Hartsdale School District taxpayers, permitting them to erect a creche or nativity scene on the Central Avenue School…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Commercial Pictures Corp. v. Board of RegentsNew York Court of Appeals · 1953
- Baer v. KolmorgenNew York Supreme Court · 1958
- Lewis v. MandevilleNew York Supreme Court · 1951
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