Legal Opinion
Minersville School District v. Gobitis
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 3, 1940No. 690PublishedCited by 237 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
A grave responsibility confronts this Court whenever in course of litigation it must reconcile the conflicting claims of liberty and authority. But when the liberty invoked is liberty of conscience, and the authority is authority to safeguard the nation’s fellowship, judicial conscience is put to its severest test. Of such a nature is the present controversy.
Lillian Gobitis, aged twelve, and her brother William, aged ten, were expelled from the public schools of Miners-ville, Pennsylvania, for refusing to salute the national flag as part of a daily school exercise. The local Board of…
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