Legal Opinion · Dissent

Winn v. Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided October 21, 2009No. 05-15754Published

1DissentO’Scannlain, Circuit Judge

KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, KLEINFELD, GOULD, TALLMAN, BYBEE, BEA, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges:

This case involves an Establishment Clause challenge to an Arizona educational tax credit program that provides scholarships to students wishing to attend private schools. This case is more notable, however, for what it does not involve: state action advancing religion. The government does not direct any aid to any reli*659gious school. Nor does the government encourage, promote, or otherwise incentivize private actors to direct aid to religious schools. Rather, “state aid reaches religious schools solely…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Lochner v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  3. Epperson v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty v. NyquistSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Hibbs v. WinnSupreme Court of the United States · 2004

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