Legal Opinion
Lemon v. Kurtzman
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 12, 1971No. 89PublishedCited by 3,043 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
These two appeals raise questions as to Pennsylvania and Rhode Island statutes providing state aid to church-related elementary and secondary schools. Both statutes are challenged as violative of the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Pennsylvania has adopted a statutory program that provides financial support to nonpublic elementary and *607secondary schools by way of reimbursement for the cost of teachers’ salaries, textbooks, and instructional materials in specified secular subjects. Rhode Island has adopted a…
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