Legal Opinion
California Teachers Assn. v. Riles
California Supreme Court
Decided August 27, 1981No. L.A. 31358PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
These cases concern the constitutionality of sections 60315 and 60246 of the Education Code, which authorize the Superintendent of Public Instruction to lend, without charge, textbooks used in the public schools to students attending nonprofit nonpublic schools, and which provide funds for that purpose.
Plaintiffs challenge these provisions on the ground that they violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, 2 article IX, section 8 of the California Constitution, which prohibits the appropriation of public money for the support of…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Walz v. Tax Comm'n of City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty v. NyquistSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Board of Ed. of Central School Dist. No. 1 v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Hewitt v. JoynerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
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- Christian Science Reading Room v. City And County Of San FranciscoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Wilson v. State Board of EducationCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1999
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