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Kiryas Joel Board of Education v. Grumet (docket #: 93-517) (1994)  [Findlaw]

Argument Date 03/30/1994
Decided 6/27/1994
Supreme Court Vote 5-1-3
Note Decided together with No. 93-527, Board of Education of Monroe-Woodbury Central School District v. Grumet et al., and No. 93-539, Attorney General of New York v. Grumet et al.
Supreme Court Ruling Establishment Clause claim upheld
 
IssueWhether a New York act creating a separate school district including only members of the Satmar Hasidim sect of Judaism violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment
 
Case Summary & Additional Resources
Majority Opinion Souter, J. (joined in Parts I, II-B, II-C and III by Blackmun, J., Stevens, J., O'Connor,J., & Ginsburg, J.and Parts II and II-A by Blackmun, J., Stevens, J., & Ginsburg, J.)
Concurring Opinion Stevens, J. (joined by Blackmun, J. , & Ginsburg, J.) & Blackmun, J., & O'Connor, J., & Kennedy, J.
Dissenting Opinion Scalia, J. (joined by Rehnquist, C.J., & Thomas, J.)
Lower Court New York Court of Appeals
Lower Court Ruling Establishment Clause claim upheld
Oral Arguments Audio (Oyez)  [Oyez]
Lawyers
For Petitioner
Julie S. Mereson (for state petitioner)

Nathan Lewin (for school district petitioner)

For Respondent
Jay Worona

News Stories & Commentary
Berger, Joseph, "The Supreme Court: The School; Ruling Leaves Anxiety Among Parents But Perhaps Little Change for Students," The New York Times, June 28, 1994, Sect. D, p. 21
Biskupic, Joan, "Special School District Ruled Unconstitutional," The New York Times, June 28, 1994, Sect. A
Greenhouse, Linda, "The Supreme Court: The Decision; High Court Bars School District Created to Benefit Hasidic Jews," The New York Times, June 28, 1994, Sect. A, p. 1
James Vicini Reuters, "Supreme Court Blocks Hasidic School District," The Chicago Sun-Times, June 28, 1994, P. 6
Ruling - Lower Court
81 N.Y. 2d 518, 618 N. E. 2d 94
News
Goldman, Ari, "A Hasidic Village Frets Over Its School's Future," The New York Times, July 8, 1993, Sect. B, p. 6
Greenhouse, Linda, "Justices, at Hearing on New York Case, Raise Pointed Questions Over Church-State Linkage," The New York Times, March 31, 1994, Sect. A, p. 14
Lyall, Sarah, "Hasidic Public School District Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules," Hasidic Public School District Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules," The New York Times, Jan. 23, 1992, Sect. B, p. 6
Steinberg, Jacques, "Court's Move Elates Village Of Jewish Sect," The New York Times, Nov. 30, 1993, Sect. B, p. 8
Winerip, Michael, "Pious Village Is No Stranger To the Police," Pious Village Is No Stranger To the Police," The New York Times, Sept. 20, 1992, p. 41
State Statute
1989 N.Y.Laws, ch. 748
Books
Witte, John Jr., RELIGION AND THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERIMENT (2000), pp. 161-162, 218-219
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