Legal Opinion
Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty v. Rockefeller
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 28, 1971No. 70 Civ. 3251PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LASKER, District Judge.
In 1970, 850,000 students attended nonpublic schools in the State of New York. The New York Legislature, finding by Ch. 138 of the Laws of 1970:
“That the state has a primary responsibility to assure that its precious resource, the young people of the state, receive educational opportunity which will prepare them for the challenges of American life in the last decades of the twentieth century.
“That the state has the duty and authority to provide the means to assure, through examination and inspection, and through other activities, that all of the young people of the…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. CampSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Abington School Dist. v. SchemppSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Inc. v. ConnollyDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1971
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